Gangrene of digits associated with radial artery cannulation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1034-1035

  Wong, A Y C ^a   O'Regan, A M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; NOREPHEDRINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; GANGRENE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKULL SURGERY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0141887016     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03415_15.x     Document Type: Letter

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