Fatal intra-operative pulmonary embolism in a child – a case report
Ankur Jain,
Ankur Jain
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Search for more papers by this author Sujit Pradhan,
Sujit Pradhan
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Search for more papers by this author Sunil Jain,
Sunil Jain
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Search for more papers by this author Arpan Chakraborty,
Arpan Chakraborty
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, India (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this author Sharad K Mathur,
Sharad K Mathur
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Search for more papers by this author Puskar Ranjan,
Puskar Ranjan
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Ankur Jain,
Ankur Jain
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Search for more papers by this author Sujit Pradhan,
Sujit Pradhan
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Search for more papers by this author Sunil Jain,
Sunil Jain
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Search for more papers by this author Arpan Chakraborty,
Arpan Chakraborty
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, India (email: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this author Sharad K Mathur,
Sharad K Mathur
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Search for more papers by this author Puskar Ranjan,
Puskar Ranjan
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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First published: 11 February 2009
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