Concealed mothball abuse prior to anesthesia: Mothballs, inhalants, and their management

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-116

  Kong, J T ^a   Schmiesing, Clifford A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Inhalant abuse; Mothball abuse; Preoperative assessment

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CELECOXIB; GABAPENTIN; METHADONE; NAPHTHALENE; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; INHALANT ABUSE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIVER FAILURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MOTHBALL ABUSE; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; VOMITING;

ALKANES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOW BACK PAIN; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 13444282538     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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