Regional anesthesia in the elderly: Indications and contraindications

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 41, Issue 111, 1997, Pages 209-211

  Schindlet, I ^a  

^a Orthopedic Clinic Gersthof   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGING; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BONE DISEASES; DISEASE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NERVE BLOCK; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031301086     PISSN: 05152720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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