Risks and complications of epidural anaesthesia;Risiken und komplikations-möglichkeiten der periduralanästhesie

Anaesthesist

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1997, Pages

  Vandermeulen, E ^a   Gogarten, W ^b   Van Aken, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Complication; Epidural

Indexed keywords

EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; RISK; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HEADACHE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK;

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0030770234     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00002489     Document Type: Article

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