Cardiac arrest following stellate ganglion block performed under ultrasound guidance

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1042-

  Rastogi, S ^a   Tripathi, S ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE PAIN; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; RESUSCITATION; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; STELLATE GANGLION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 77956534659     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06487.x     Document Type: Letter

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