Normal pressure hydrocephalus found after anesthesia - A case report

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-200

  Tsai, Tzung Chieh ^a   He, Chang Chuan ^a   Wu, Su Zhen ^b   Liu, Kang ^b   Hung, Chun Chieh ^b  

^a Chia Yi Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Normal pressure; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DROWSINESS; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; SURGICAL ERROR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE;

EID: 0347285519     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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