A woman with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy died of cardiogenic shock after surgery

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 784-787

  Uchida, Shinya ^a   Nakajima, Kunie ^b   Saito, Shigeru ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

General anesthesia; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy; Perioperative death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEATH; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL PROLAPSE; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TIME FACTORS; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 77953773249     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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