Accidental total spinal block: A complication of an epidural test dose

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1058-1060

  Palkar, Neelkanth V ^a   Boudreaux, Randall C ^a   Mankad, Aparna V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthesia: obstetric; anaesthetic techniques: regional, epidural; complications: total spinal

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; APHONIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIDOCAINE; PARALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0027087149     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03008375     Document Type: Article

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