Intrathecal anesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 543-551

  Casati, Andrea ^a   Vinciguerra, Federico ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia spinal; Anesthetics: local; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; TETRACAINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NAUSEA; NEEDLE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0036790234     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200210000-00012     Document Type: Review

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