Successful defibrillation immediately after the intravascular injection of ropivacaine

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 490-492

  Gielen, Mathieu ^a   Slappendel, Robert ^b   Jack, Nigel ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIA TUBEROSITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244453547     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016528     Document Type: Article

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