Hemodynamic instability and delayed emergence from general anesthesia associated with inadvertent intrathecal baclofen overdose

Anesthesiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 265-268

  Lyew, Michael A ^a   Mondy, Christina ^a   Eagle, Susan ^a   Chernich, Sandra E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BACLOFEN; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; NALOXONE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; RANITIDINE; ROCURONIUM; SCOPOLAMINE; THIOPENTAL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMA; DEVICE REMOVAL; DROWSINESS; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SOLUTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFUSION PUMP; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; PUPIL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VENOUS BLOOD; X RAY PICTURE;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BACLOFEN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; OVERDOSE;

EID: 0037219844     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200301000-00040     Document Type: Article

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