Perioperative management of children with encephalocele: An institutional experience

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-356

  Mahajan, Charu ^a   Rath, Girija Prasad ^a   Dash, Hari H ^a   Bithal, Parmod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

anesthetic management; complications; encephalocele; neural tube defect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052722391     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31821f93dc     Document Type: Article

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