Use of isosulfan blue in breast surgery interferes with pulse oximetry [8]

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 625-626

  Wisely, Nick A ^a   Zeiton, A ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ISOSULFAN BLUE; LYPHAZURIN; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MONITOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PULSE OXIMETRY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXIMETRY; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 19944389256     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04247.x     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

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