Chiari malformation Type I and a dolichoodontoid process responsible for sudden cardiorespiratory arrest: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2005, Pages 567-570

  Quebada, Patricia B ^a   Duhaime, Ann Christine ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory arrest; Chiari malformation; Dolichoodontoid; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOTOMY; HEART ARREST; LAMINECTOMY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 33644687433     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.3.0567     Document Type: Article

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