Pressure Sores as a Complication of Patient-controlled Epidural Analgesia after Cesarean Delivery

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 338-341

  Smet, Iris G G ^a   Vercauteren, Marcel P ^a   De Jongh, Raf F ^a   Vundelinckx, Guy J M ^a   Heylen, René J ^a  

^a Sim Jansziekenhuis ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Patient controlled analgesia; Pressure sores; Skin complications

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECUBITUS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 0029789667     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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