Pediatric anesthesia - Potential risks and their assessment: Part II

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Von Ungern Sternberg, Britta S ^a,b   Habre, Walid ^a  

^a Geneva Children's University Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b Pediatric Anesthesia Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Complication; Preoperative assessment; Preoperative testing; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TETANUS TOXOID;

ALLERGY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTERIAL GAS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BODY MASS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN SYNDROME; EPISTAXIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBESITY; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; THROMBOSIS; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847647916     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02098.x     Document Type: Review

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