Delayed quadriparesis after an interscalene brachial plexus block and general anesthesia: A differential diagnosis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1341-1343

  Arcas Bellas, José Juan ^a,b   Cassinello, Fernando ^a   Cercós, Beatriz ^a   Del Valle, María ^a   Leal, Vitorino ^a   Álvarez Rementería, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NIFEDIPINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ABDUCTION; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CAPNOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LARYNGEAL MASK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUADRIPLEGIA; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; WEAKNESS; BODY POSTURE; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; NERVE BLOCK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTURE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349571309     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181b572cd     Document Type: Article

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