Transient asystole during surgery for posterior fossa meningioma caused by activation of the trigeminocardiac reflex

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-342

  Usami, Kenichi ^a   Kamada, Kyousuke ^a   Kunii, Naoto ^a   Tsujihara, Hiroko ^a   Yamada, Yoshitsugu ^a   Saito, Nobuhito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asystole; Bradycardia; Posterior fossa meningioma; Remifentanil; Trigeminocardiac reflex

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NERVE STIMULATION; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINOCARDIAC REFLEX;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PIPERIDINES; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 77951969803     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.50.339     Document Type: Article

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