Combined effect of patient variables on sensory level after spinal 0.5% plain bupivacaine

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 430-434

  Pargger, H ^a   Hampl, K F ^a   Aeschbach, A ^a   Paganoni, R ^a   Schneider, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Height; Local anesthetic bupivacaine; Predictability; Spinal anesthesia; Weight

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVE BLOCK; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031885422     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05137.x     Document Type: Article

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