No sceptic me, but the long day's task is not yet done: The 2002 Gaston Labat Lecture

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 503-508

  Wildsmith, John A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

CARDIOTOXICITY; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; DERMATOME; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIFE EVENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKILL; SKIN ULCER; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD LESION;

EID: 0036745883     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2002.36491     Document Type: Article

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