Airway problems caused by hypogonadism in male patients undergoing neurosurgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1812-1815

  Manikandan, Sethuraman ^a   Neema, Praveen Kumar ^a   Rathod, Ramesh Chandra ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; GONADOTROPIN; NEOSTIGMINE; PHENYTOIN; THYROXINE;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEATH; DOWN SYNDROME; DWARFISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNX; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEA;

EID: 28344451770     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000184195.28728.CD     Document Type: Article

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