Severe hypertension after stellate ganglion block

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 840-842

  Kimura, Tomo ^a   Nishiwaki, K ^a   Yokota, S ^a   Komatsu, T ^b   Shimada, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic technique, regional; Anatomy, stellate ganglion; Arterial pressure, hypertension; Stellate ganglion

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRENDIPINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NERVE BLOCK; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 19944372416     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei134     Document Type: Article

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