Apnea and seizures following retrobulbar local anesthetic injection

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-270

  Moorthy, Sreenivasa S ^a   Zaffer, Rashid ^b   Rodriguez, Sandra ^b   Ksiazek, Susan ^b   Yee, Robert D ^b  

^a VA Roudebush Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apnea; Cardiopulmonary arrest; Eye surgery; Retrobulbar block; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CISAPRIDE; ESMOLOL; HYALURONIDASE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; NICARDIPINE; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONFUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042349481     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(03)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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