Perioperative management of pheochromocytoma: Focus on magnesium, clevidipine, and vasopressin

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 526-531

  Lord, Michael S ^a   Augoustides, John G T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; calcium channel blockade; catecholamine crisis; catecholamines; clevidipine; epinephrine; hypertension; magnesium; methylene blue; norepinephrine; paraganglioma; pheochromocytoma; takotsubo cardiomyopathy; torsades des pointes; vasodilatory shock; vasopressin; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CLEVIDIPINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLENE BLUE; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PYRIDINES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84861098222     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.01.002     Document Type: Review

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