Profound Intraoperative Metabolic Acidosis and Hypotension in a Child Undergoing Multilevel Spinal Fusion

The prone position may cause cardiovascular system depression. Yet, the mechanisms involved and preemptive measures are not well understood (Edgcombe et al. (2008)). During spinal surgery in the prone position, hypotension may occur. Implicated factors include prolonged abdominal compression impedi...

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Main Authors: Mohanad Shukry, Jonathan A. D'Angelo, Minal Joshi, Jorge A. Cure, Alberto J. de Armendi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/190263
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