Current practices of cocaine administration by UK otorhinolaryngologists

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-112

  De, Ranit ^a,e   Uppal, H S ^a   Shehab, Z P ^b   Hilger, A W ^c   Wilson, P S ^d   Courteney Harris, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Local Anaesthetic; Nose; Operative; Surgical Procedures; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVULSION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORTALITY; NOSE SURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; COCAINE; EPINEPHRINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NOSE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY;

EID: 0037313663     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221503762624530     Document Type: Article

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