Sudden cardiac standstill during skin flap elevation in a patient undergoing craniotomy [2]

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-204

  Prabhakar, Hemanshu ^a   Rath, Girija P ^a   Arora, Rajni ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; ROCURONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROSURGERY; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SKIN INCISION; TRIGEMINOCARDIAC REFLEX; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; AMLODIPINE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATROPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOSARTAN; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 34347331255     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31804e45e8     Document Type: Letter

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