Neurosurgery in the sitting position: A case series

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 332-335

  Domaingue, C M ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Neurosurgery: sitting position

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; FUROSEMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SITTING; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 21344432589     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0503300308     Document Type: Article

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