A 74-year-old woman with desaturation following surgery

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 613-616

  König, Matthias W ^a   Dolinski, Sylvia Y ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; CLAVULANIC ACID; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NAUSEA; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0037331692     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.2.613     Document Type: Article

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