Spinal anesthesia for preterm infants undergoing inguinal hernia repair

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-451

  Frumiento, Carmine ^a   Abajian, J Christopher ^a   Vane, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APNEA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0034093110     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.4.445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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