Acute appendicitis in a patient with undiagnosed pheochromocytoma

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 642-643

  Tarant, Nicki S ^a   Dacanay, Rhodel G ^a   Mecklenburg, Brian W ^a   Birmingham, Sean D ^a   Lujan, Eugenio ^a   Green, Richard ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELETRIPTAN; ESMOLOL; FENTANYL; LABETALOL; METADRENALIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORMETADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 31444436551     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000184827.79120.43     Document Type: Article

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