Left ventricular functions are not impaired after lumbar epidural anaesthesia in young children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 405-409

  Tsuji, Mariko Hayasaki ^a   Horigome, Hitoshi ^b   Yamashita, Masao ^c  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Echocardiography; Epidural anaesthesia; Myocardial function

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030345190     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1996.d01-11.x     Document Type: Article

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