Intrathecal hyperbaric 0.5% tetracaine as a possible cause of transient neurologic toxicity

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1076-1077

  Sumi, Mariko ^a   Sakura, Shinichi ^a   Kosaka, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG PAIN; LIPOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0029935708     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199605000-00036     Document Type: Article

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