Spinal nerve function in five volunteers experiencing transient neurologic symptoms after lidocaine subarachnoid anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 658-665

  Pollock, Julia E ^a   Burkhead, Dan ^b   Neal, Joseph M ^a   Liu, Spencer S ^a   Friedman, Andrew ^a   Stephenson, Carol ^a   Polissar, Nayak L ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0034049045     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200003000-00028     Document Type: Article

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