Detection of subarachnoid and intravascular epidural catheter placement

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 675-678

  Tsui, Ban C H ^a   Gupta, Sunil ^a   Finucane, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0032795581     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013957     Document Type: Article

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