Is there a role of a small dose of propofol in the treatment of laryngeal spasm?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 625-628

  Afshan, Gauhar ^a   Chohan, Ursula ^a   Qamar Ul Hoda, Mohammad ^a   Kamal, Rehana S ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Laryngeal spasm; LMA; Paediatrics; Propofol; Succinylcholine

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LARYNX SPASM; MALE; OXYGENATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGISMUS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PROPOFOL;

EID: 0036412230     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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