A case of myotonic dystrophy with pulmonary atelectasis and torsade de pointes in the perioperative period

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1253-1256

  Shibata, Junpei ^a   Fujisawa, Tatsuro ^a,b   Shimizu, Sari ^a   Ide, Soichiro ^a   Kumasaka, Mikiko ^a   Sugiyama, Daisuke ^a   Hishinuma, Miwako ^a   Kitoh, Takeshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsubara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; Myotonic dystrophy; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYSTERECTOMY; LUNG FUNCTION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OVARIECTOMY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; QT PROLONGATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OVARIECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 54249084399     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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