Complications during and after surgery and childbirth where spinal or epidural analgesia is employed; some guidelines for safe practice;Komplikasjoner under og etter operasjoner og fødsler utført i spinal- eller epiduralbedøvelse: Råd om trygg praksis

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1708-1716

  Breivik, Harald ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE FIBER; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0032580079     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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