Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 208-211 , December 2009

General Anesthesia in a Juvenile With Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Accompanied by Long-term Use of Methylphenidate (Concerta®)

  • Cheng-Hsi Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Cheng-Fan Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ying-Che Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Gau-Jun Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kwok-Han Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chien-Kun Ting

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 2 July 2008 ,Revised 18 December 2008 ,Accepted 22 December 2008.

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PII: S1875-4597(09)60057-6

doi: 10.1016/S1875-4597(09)60057-6

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 208-211 , December 2009

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