Perioperative complications associated with brachial plexus repair in infants

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 28 B, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 274-275

  Grossman, J A I ^a   Price, A E ^a   Sadeghi, P ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREECH EXTRACTION; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURETIC THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROMA; OTITIS MEDIA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRONCHITIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DYSPNEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037613325     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(02)00353-4     Document Type: Article

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