A comparison of the 24-Gauge Sprotte® and Gertie Marx® spinal needles for combined spinal-epidural analgesia during labor

Anesthesiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 574-577

  Riley, Edward T ^a   Hamilton, Catherine L ^b   Ratner, Emily F ^b   Cohen, Sheila E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEVICE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036729693     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200209000-00009     Document Type: Article

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