Intra-operative carcinoid crisis: Revised anaesthesia management
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Intra-operative carcinoid crisis: Revised anaesthesia management
Carcinoid is a tumour of amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation cells.[1] Tumours arise in the gastrointestinal tract (67.5%) and the bronchopulmonary system (25.3%). Pulmonary carcinoids account for 2% of all primary lung cancers with a 10-year survival of 82%–92%.[2] Bronchial carcinoids are perihilar and present with chest pain but can present as asthma, recurrent pneumonia, cough or hae...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0019-5049
DOI: 10.4103/ija.ija_161_17