Vasopressin for the treatment of catecholamine-resistant hypotension during a phaeochromocytoma resection in a 6-year-old child

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 991-992

  Thillaivasan, Ayngara ^a   Arul, G Suren ^a   Thies, Karl Christian ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CATECHOLAMINE; FENTANYL; GELATIN SUCCINATE; HYDRALAZINE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 78349297908     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833ade4f     Document Type: Letter

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