Scoliosis and anaesthetic considerations
Scoliosis may be of varied etiology and tends to cause a restrictive ventilatory defect, along with ventilation-perfusion mismatch and hypoxemia. There is also cardiovascular involvement in the form of raised right heart pressures, mitral valve prolapse or congenital heart disease. Thus a careful pr...
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| פורמט: | Article |
| שפה: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2007-01-01
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| סדרה: | Indian Journal of Anaesthesia |
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| גישה מקוונת: | http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2007;volume=51;issue=6;spage=486;epage=495;aulast=Kulkarni |