Patient repositioning and the amelioration of airway obstruction by an anterior mediastinal tumor during general anesthesia - A case report

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-209

  Choi, Won Joon ^a   Kim, Yun Hong ^a   Mok, Jeong Min ^a   Choi, Soo Il ^a   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; General anesthesia; Mediastinum; Posture; Resuscitation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COUGHING; DESCENDING AORTA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSPNEA; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULSE OXIMETRY; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957679211     PISSN: 20056419     EISSN: 20057563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2010.59.3.206     Document Type: Article

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