Permanent postoperative vision loss associated with expansion of intraocular gas in the presence of a nitrous oxide-containing anesthetic

Anesthesiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1309-1310

  Seaberg, Robin R ^a,b   Freeman, William R ^a   Goldbaum, Michael H ^a   Manecke Jr , Gerard R ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT;

EID: 0036840278     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200211000-00039     Document Type: Article

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