A woman who required long-term mechanical ventilation to treat limbic encephalitis during pregnancy

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-254

  Nishiyama, K ^a   Komori, M ^a   Narushima, M ^b   Yoshizawa, H ^b   Kawamata, M ^a   Ozaki, M ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FENTANYL; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VIDARABINE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33846445662     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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