What's new in ophthalmic anaesthesia?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 615-620

  Venkatesan, Vellore Govindaraj ^a   Smith, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ophthalmic surgery anticoagulation; Ophthalmic topical anaesthesia; Peribulbar block; Retrobulbar block

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GRANISETRON; HALOTHANE; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; RAMOSETRON; SEVOFLURANE; WARFARIN;

ANESTHESIA; BLOOD FLOW; EYE SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NAUSEA; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; OCULOCARDIAC REFLEX; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SEDATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VOMITING;

EID: 0036929036     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200212000-00003     Document Type: Review

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