Ventricular fibrillation following atropine-neostigmine mixture in a patient with undiagnosed mitral valve prolapse [14]

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 724-725

  Zeidan, A ^a   Baraka, A ^b  

^a Sahel General Hospital   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREMEDICATION; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NEOSTIGMINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 21344432827     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04275.x     Document Type: Letter

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