Quality of analgesia when air versus saline is used for identification of the epidural space in the parturient

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 596-599

  Beilin, Yaakov ^a   Arnold, Ittamar ^a   Telfeyan, Celeste ^a   Bernstein, Howard H ^a   Hossain, Sabera ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Analgesia; Complications; Loss of resistance; Obstetrics; Saline

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033739789     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2000.9535     Document Type: Article

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