Conjoined twins - The anaesthetic management of 15 sets from 1991-2002

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-129

  Thomas, Jenny M ^a   Tessa Lopez, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; Management; Multidisciplinary communication

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONJOINED TWINS; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 1542299199     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01249.x     Document Type: Review

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