Epidural test dose: Isoproterenol is a reliable marker for intravascular injection in anesthetized adults

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1056-1059

  Tanaka, Makoto ^a  

^a TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ISOFLURANE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029936781     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199605000-00031     Document Type: Article

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