Anesthesia considerations for patients with narcolepsy.
Narcolepsy is a derangement of the normal sleep-wakefulness rhythms. Originally, narcolepsy was thought to be a form of epilepsy; however, with the development and subsequent refinement of the electroencephalograph, this notion is no longer accepted. The disorder is characterized by inappropriate in...
| Publicado en: | AANA Journal Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 59 - 67 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts website Journal Article |
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American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Feb1999
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