Subcutaneous emphysema following severe vomiting after emerging from general anesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 917-918

  Toprak, Verda ^a,b   Keles, G T ^a   Kaygisiz, Z ^a   Tok, D ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

General anesthesia; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Subcutaneous emphysema

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 3342979526     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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