Neurological complications in obstetric regional anaesthesia

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-124

  Loo, C C ^a   Dahlgren, G ^b   Irestedt, L ^b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEPSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW;

EID: 0034124699     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijoa.1999.0347     Document Type: Review

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