Recommendations for anesthesia and perioperative management of patients with neuromuscular disorders

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-433

  Racca, F ^a   Mongini, T ^b   Wolfler, A ^c   Vianello, A ^d   Cutrera, R ^e   Del Sorbo, L ^b   Capello, E C ^b   Gregoretti, C ^f   Massa, R ^g,j   De Luca, D ^h   Conti, G ^h   Tegazzin, V ^d   Toscano, A ⁱ   Ranieri, V M ^b  

^a Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^h FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^j IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Anesthesia; Insufflation; Neuromuscular diseases; Noninvasive ventilation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLONIDINE; DANTROLENE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; REMIFENTANIL; SUGAMMADEX; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACIDOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DYSESTHESIA; DYSTROPHINOPATHY; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 2; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DENERVATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG EXAMINATION; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SPINE SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 84879570148     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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