Regional anaesthesia for limb surgery - Before or after general anaesthesia: A survey of anaesthetists in the Oxford region

Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 450-453

  Kadry, M A ^a   Rutter, S V ^a   Popat, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques: regional; epidural; spinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SAFETY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035020501     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01524-2.x     Document Type: Article

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