Chest wall rigidity in two infants after low-dose fentanyl administration

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 465-468

  Dewhirst, Elisabeth ^a   Naguib, Aymen ^a   Tobias, Joseph D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chest wall rigidity; fentanyl; synthetic opioids

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MIDAZOLAM; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ANALGESIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHEST WALL RIGIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEDATION; THORAX DISEASE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 84861088696     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182535a2a     Document Type: Article

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