Cardiac arrest under anesthesia in a pediatric patient with Williams syndrome: A case report

AANA Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-293

  Bragg, Krista ^a,b   Fedel, Gina M ^a,b   DiProsperis, Amy ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh ^*

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery obstruction; Pediatric cardiac arrest; Supravalvular aortic stenosis; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CISATRACURIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CRYPTORCHISM; EAR INFECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TYMPANOPLASTY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; AORTIC STENOSIS, SUBVALVULAR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY STENOSIS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 23444446529     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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