Ventilatory support using bilevel positive airway pressure during neuraxial blockade in a patient with severe respiratory compromise

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 910-911

  Warren, James ^a   Sharma, Shiv K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CITRATE DISODIUM; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SAFETY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33644519950     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000198335.89760.ed     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Baraka A. Anaesthesia and myasthenia gravis. Can J Anaesth 1992;39:476-86.
2. rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2004:872-91.
3. Rabinstein A, Wijdicks EFM. BiPAP in acute respiratory failure due to myasthenic crisis may prevent intubation. Neurology 2002;59:1647-9.
4. Osserman KE, Genkins G. Studies on myasthenia gravis. Review of a twenty-year experience in over 1200 patients. Mount Sinai J Med 1971;38:497-537.
5. Tobias JD. Noninvasive ventilation using bilevel positive airway pressure to treat impending respiratory failure in the postanesthesia care unit. J Clin Anesth 2000;12:409-12.
6. Iwama H. Application of nasal bi-level positive airway pressure to respiratory support during combined epidural-propofol anesthesia. J Clin Anesth 2002;14:24-33.