Prolonged duration of anesthesia in a patient with multiple sclerosis following paravertebral block

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-497

  Finucane, Brendat T ^a   Terblanche, Ockert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LIDOCAINE; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 21244451516     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016529     Document Type: Article

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