Spinal anaesthesia in infants and children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-16

  Tobias, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Paediatric; Regional; Spinal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 0033984268     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00460.x     Document Type: Review

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