The Fontan Patient

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-300

  Bailey Jr , Philip D ^a   Jobes, David R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic considerations; Cavopulmonary anastomosis; Fontan; Noncardiac surgery; Single ventricle

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANATOMY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANESTHESIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 68949103859     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2009.05.004     Document Type: Review

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