Prediction by computerised tomography of distance from skin to epidural space during thoracic epidural insertion

Anaesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 701-704

  Carnie, J ^a   Boden, J ^a   Smith, F Gao ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Postoperative analgesia: epidura; Surgery: thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SKIN; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0036307768     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02572_4.x     Document Type: Article

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