Air in the epidural space leading to a neurological deficit

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 292-293

  Krishnam, ^a   Mallick, A ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PETHIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AIR; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PRENATAL PERIOD; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037340223     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.306721.x     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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3. Nay PG, Milaszkiewicz R, Jothilingham S. Extradural air as a cause of paraplegia following lumbar analgesia. Anaesthesia 1993; 48: 402-4.