A numerical investigation into factors affecting anesthetic distribution during spinal anesthesia

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-140

  Myers, Matthew R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia modeling; Anesthetic transport; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANESTHETIC DISPERSION; ANESTHETIC DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHETIC TRANSPORT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL COLUMN;

ANESTHETICS;

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CATHETER; DISPERSION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; INJECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0030087986     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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