Tourniquet use in childhood: A harmless procedure?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-170

  Sinicina, Inga ^a   Bise, Karl ^a   Hetterich, Reinhard ^b   Pankratz, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b St Marien's Children Hospital

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; DVT; Pulmonary embolism; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CUFF; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXOSTOSIS; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOURNIQUET; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846130025     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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