Hyperkalaemic cardiac arrest in a manifesting carrier of Duchenne muscular dystrophy following general anaesthesia

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 579-580

  Kerr, Tim P ^a   Durward, Andrew ^a   Hodgson, Shirley V ^a   Hughes, Elaine ^a   Robb, Stephanie A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE COURSE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MYOPATHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TONSILLECTOMY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0035724460     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310100812     Document Type: Article

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