Acute respiratory distress syndrome after an exothermic Baralyme®-Sevoflurane reaction

Anesthesiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 531-533

  Fatheree, Randy S ^a   Leighton, Barbara L ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8054 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; DESICCATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; EXOTHERMIC REACTION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THERMOCHEMICAL REACTION; THERMOGENESIS;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SMOKING;

EID: 3342892913     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200408000-00034     Document Type: Article

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