Spinal anaesthesia and meningitis in former preterm infants: Cause- effect?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 262-264

  Luz, G ^a   Buchele H ^a   Innerhofer, P ^a   Maurer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: spinal; Meningitis: infant

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; TETRACAINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; HERNIORRHAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; GENTAMICINS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PENICILLINS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TETRACAINE;

EID: 0032948448     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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