REVERSIBLE SENSORIMOTOR IMPAIRMENT FOLLOWING PROLONGED VENTILATION WITH ISOFLURANE AND VECURONIUM FOR ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA

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MENAGE, HD
DUFFY, S
YATES, DW
HUGHES, JA
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[1] KENT & SUSSEX HOSP,TUNBRIDGE WELLS TN4 8AT,ENGLAND
[2] PEMBURY HOSP,TUNBRIDGE WELLS TN2 4QJ,ENGLAND
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10.1136/thx.47.12.1078
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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A patient with acute asthma developed severe sensorimotor neuropathy while being ventilated with isoflurane and receiving vecuronium and fentanyl. The neuropathy resolved spontaneously within three months of the episode. This unusual complication may result from prolonged use of inhalational anaesthesia or of vecuronium, or both.
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页码:1078 / 1079
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