Rhabdomyolysis in an obese patient after total knee arthroplasty

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 822-824

  Karcher, C ^a   Dieterich, H J ^a   Schroeder, Torsten H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications, Liver disease; Complications, obesity; Complications, renal; Surgery, orthopaedic

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MORBID OBESITY; NERVE BLOCK; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OLIGURIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 37849185227     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael274     Document Type: Article

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