Postoperative cardiorespiratory complication in ex-premature infants: Comparison of general anaesthesia with sevoflurane and awake caudal anaesthesia with ropivacaine

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-397

  El Gohary, Manel ^a,b   Nabil, Sherry ^a   Gamil, Maha ^a   Abdel Monem, Amr ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory complications; Caudal anaesthesia; Premature infants; Ropivacaine; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; GLUCOSE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART DISEASE; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 9744252342     PISSN: 11101849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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