Downbeat nystagmus as a manifestation of intrathecal morphine toxicity [3]

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-202

  Korff, C ^a,b   Peter, M ^a   Burkhard, P R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUPIVACAINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FELBAMATE; FENTANYL; LITHIUM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; SEDATION; VOMITING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33846098180     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021506001724     Document Type: Letter

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