Visual loss after use of nitrous oxide gas with general anesthetic in patients with intraocular gas still persistent up to 30 days after vitrectomy

Anesthesiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1305-1308

  Vote, Brendan J ^a   Hart, Richard H ^a   Worsley, David R ^c   Borthwick, James H ^d   Laurent, Stephen ^a   McGeorge, Archibald J ^b  

^a Department of Anaesthesia ^*  (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SAFETY; EYE PAIN; FAT EMBOLISM; GAS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; GASES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; VISION DISORDERS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0036840052     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200211000-00038     Document Type: Article

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