General anaesthesia for the cocaine abusing patient. Is it safe?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 654-657

  Hill, Gary E ^a   Ogunnaike, B O ^a   Johnson, E R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Anaesthetics local, cocaine; Complications, adverse events; QTc interval

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; FENTANYL; LABETALOL; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33750101083     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael221     Document Type: Article

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