Undetected residual neuromuscular block has consequences

Anesthesiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-364

  Kopman, Aaron F ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOSTIGMINE; ROCURONIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANOXIA; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANOXIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 52649156944     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181829ef8     Document Type: Editorial

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