Dose-response and postoperative confusion following methylene blue infusion during parathyroidectomy [5]

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-81

  Mihai, Radu ^a   Mitchell, Edward William ^a   Warwick, John ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; CARBIMAZOLE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; ISOPHANE INSULIN; METFORMIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PAROXETINE; PROPOFOL; RAMIPRIL; ROCURONIUM; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; AGITATION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS;

EID: 33846611981     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021907     Document Type: Letter

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