First death under anesthesia? [6]

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1000-1001

  Warde, Declan J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLOROFORM; ETHER;

ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG FATALITY; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE SPASM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROFORM; ETHER, ETHYL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 33747032544     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01950.x     Document Type: Letter

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