Transverse myelitis following general and epidural anaesthesia in a paediatric patient

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 921-923

  Martinez Garcia, E ^a   Pelaez, E ^b   Roman, J C ^c   Perez Gallardo, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c University Hospital Princes Sofia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BACLOFEN; BUPIVACAINE; CEFONICID; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEVER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HIP DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOINT BIOPSY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; URINE RETENTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 23944433426     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04256.x     Document Type: Article

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