Anaesthesia and orphan disease: Sugammadex in a patient with Huntington's disease undergoing thyroid lobectomy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 593-595

  Khan, Mahboobul H ^a   Banerjee, Arnab ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SUGAMMADEX;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GAMMA-CYCLODEXTRINS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; RARE DISEASES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84872238896     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328356472a     Document Type: Letter

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