Trigeminocardiac reflex: A cause of sudden asystole during cerebellopontine angle surgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 641-644

  Jaiswal, Awadhesh Kumar ^a   Gupta, Devendra ^a   Verma, Nimisha ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asystole; Cerebellopontine angle; Trigeminocardiac reflex

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ATROPINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NEURILEMOMA; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; TRIGEMINOCARDIAC REFLEX; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; X RAY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 77949918903     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.07.117     Document Type: Article

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