Intramyometrial injection of vasopressin causes bradycardia and cardiac arrest - Report of two cases

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-247

  Hung, Ming Hsiang ^a   Wang, Ying Ming ^a   Chia, Yuan Yi ^b   Chou, Yu Mei ^a   Liu, Kang ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Bradycardia; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATRACURIUM; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOPAMINE; FENTANYL; FUROSEMIDE; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; MYOMECTOMY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PULSE OXIMETRY; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MYOMETRIUM; PULMONARY EDEMA; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 33846885419     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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