Coexisting harlequin and Horner syndromes after high thoracic paravertebral anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 822-824

  Burlacu, Crina L ^a   Buggy, D J ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, paravertebral; Sympathetic nervous system, ganglion block

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOOSTEOHYPERTROPHY SYNDROME; ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ENOPHTHALMOS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MASTECTOMY; MIOSIS; NERVE BLOCK; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PALLOR; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 28844477908     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei258     Document Type: Article

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