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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Главные авторы: Anand H Kulkarni, M Ambareesha
Формат: Статья
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2007-01-01
Серии:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online-ссылка:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2007;volume=51;issue=6;spage=486;epage=495;aulast=Kulkarni