Local and regional anaesthesia in children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-77

  Brown, T C K ^a   Eyres, R L ^a   McDougall, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; Anaesthetics local

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMORAL NERVE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THIGH; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0033049555     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/83.1.65     Document Type: Article

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