Acute respiratory failure as a manifestation of an arachnoid cyst

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-45

  Pillai, Lalitha ^a   Achari, Gopal ^a   Desai, Sanjay ^a   Patil, Vinayak ^a  

^a Lokmanya Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cystoperitoneal shunt; Posterior fossa arachnoid cyst; Respiratory arrest

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTUBATION; LIMB WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849103009     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.40951     Document Type: Article

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