Saline volume and local anesthetic concentration modify the spread of epidural anesthesia

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 930-934

  Okutomi, Toshiyuki ^a   Minakawa, Makiko ^a   Hoka, Sumio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0032692750     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013126     Document Type: Article

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