New onset Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome as an unexpected cause of delayed recovery from general anesthesia after thyroidectomy [2]

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 926-927

  Bui, P K ^a   Kuczkowski, K M ^a   Moeller Bertram, T ^a   Sanchez, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Complications; Delayed; Emergence; General; Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome; Neuromuscular; Perioperative; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 5044220565     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2004.07.013     Document Type: Letter

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