Intervertebral epidural anesthesia in 2,050 infants and children using the drip and tube method

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-107

  Osaka, Yoshiko ^a   Yamashita, Masao ^a  

^a Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Epidural anesthesia; Infants

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SAFETY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037353311     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2003.50027     Document Type: Article

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