Anesthetic experience of methemoglobinemia detected during general anesthesia for gastrectomy of advanced gastric cancer -A case report-

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 340-343

  Cho, Sam Soon ^a   Park, Yong Duck ^a   Noh, Jae Hoon ^a   Kang, Kyoung Oh ^a   Jun, Hee G ^a   Yoon, Jin Sun ^a  

^a Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dapsone; Methemoglobinemia; Oximetry

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DAPSONE; LIDOCAINE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEPROSY; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 78650194244     PISSN: 20056419     EISSN: 20057563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2010.59.5.340     Document Type: Article

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