Respiratory failure in a former preterm infant following high spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine and clonidine

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1000-1001

  Aouad, Marie T ^a   Moukaddem, Farah H ^a   Akel, Samir R ^a   Kanazi, Ghassan E ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; SEVOFLURANE; TETRACAINE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; APNEA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LETTER; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 51349098335     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02569.x     Document Type: Letter

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