Intermittent airway obstruction and superior vena cava syndrome in a patient with an undiagnosed mediastinal mass after cesarean delivery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 883-884

  Szokol, Joseph W ^a   Alspach, David ^a   Mehta, Manoj K ^b   Parilla, Barbara V ^b   Liptay, Michael J ^b  

^a EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 0042329248     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000076143.59737.32     Document Type: Article

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