Epidemiology and morbidity of regional anesthesia in children: A one- year prospective survey of the French-Language Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 904-912

  Giaufré, Elisabeth ^a   Dalens, Bernard ^b   Gombert, Anne ^c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029858492     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199611000-00003     Document Type: Article

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