Prolonged apnea with intramuscular ketamine: A case report

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-331

  Jonnavithula, Nirmala ^a,b   Kulkarni, Dilip K ^a   Ramachandran, Gopinath ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Apnea; Intramuscular ketamine; Prolonged apnea

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION;

ANALGESICS; APNEA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; KETAMINE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER;

EID: 40149094645     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02440.x     Document Type: Article

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