The effectiveness and safety of spinal anaesthesia in the pyloromyotomy procedure

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-37

  Somri, Mostafa ^a   Gaitini, Luis A ^a   Vaida, Sonia J ^a   Malatzkey, Shelton ^a   Sabo, Edmond ^a   Yudashkin, Marina ^a   Tome, Riad ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pyloromyotomy; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TIME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BUPIVACAINE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PYLORIC STENOSIS;

EID: 0037238138     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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