Ketamine for emergency anaesthesia at very high altitude (4243 m above sea-level)

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 595-962

  Grocott, Mike P W ^a   Johannson, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; INFUSION FLUID; IRON; KETAMINE; OXYGEN; POLYGELINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANESTHESIA; APNEA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOLUS INJECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HALLUCINATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MANUAL VENTILATION; METRITIS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIDE EFFECT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34547855103     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05074.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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