Epidural analgesia: Prospective audit of 1062 patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-172

  Burstal, R ^a   Wegener, F ^a   Hayes, C ^a   Lantry, G ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques: epidural; Analgesia: postoperative; Complications: pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NAUSEA; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SAFETY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SURGICAL WARD; TIME; VOMITING;

EID: 0031920132     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9802600206     Document Type: Article

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