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Crisis management during anaesthesia: bronchospasm.
BACKGROUND Bronchospasm in association with anaesthesia may appear as an entity in its own right or be a component of another problem such as anaphylaxis. It may present with expiratory wheeze, prolonged exhalation or, in severe cases, complete silence on auscultation. OBJECTIVES To examine the role of a previously described core algorithm "COVER ABCD-A SWIFT CHECK", supplemented by a specifi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14778.x