Pneumothorax in association with spontaneous ventilation general anaesthesia - A unusual cause of hypoxaemia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 270-273

  Choy, M C K ^a   Pescod, D ^a  

^a NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complication; Equipment; Hypoxaemia; Laryngeal mask airway; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SALBUTAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX SPASM; MALE; NEBULIZATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VASECTOMY;

EID: 34247490230     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500218     Document Type: Article

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