Total spinal anaesthesia following caudal block with bupivacaine and buprenorphine

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-242

  Afshan, G ^a   Khan, F A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques: Regional; Caudal; Complications: Total spinal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DRUG EFFECT; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PUNCTURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; DURA MATER; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PUNCTURES; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029715944     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1996.tb00437.x     Document Type: Article

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