Pediatric regional anesthesia: Complications and their management

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 138-145

  Dalens, B J ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032807241     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-208X(99)80034-2     Document Type: Article

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