Seizure attack during partial hepatectomy in a living donor for liver transplantation under sevoflurane anesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-126

  Poon, Kin Shing ^a   Fung, Si Tun ^a   Jeng, Long Bin ^a   Wu, Rick Sai Chuen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Seizures; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

CITOSOL; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; THIAMYLAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEVER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; RECIPIENT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 33745609511     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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