Effect of orifice-area reduction on flow characteristics during injection through spinal needles

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-156

  Myers, M R ^a   Malinauskas, R A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment, needles, spinal

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW; NEEDLE; ORIENTATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0031972644     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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