Confirmation of location of epidural catheters by epidural pressure waveform and computed tomography cathetergram

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 337-341

  Ghia, J N ^a   Arora, S K ^a   Castillo, M ^a   Mukherji, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathetergram; CT scan; Epidural anesthesia; Epidural test dose; Epidurogram; Pressure waveform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NEURORADIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0034913846     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2001.23932     Document Type: Article

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