Injecting saline through the epidural needle decreases the iv epidural catheter placement rate during combined spinal-epidural labour analgesia

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 382-385

  Gadalla, Farida ^a   Rhim Lee, Sung Hee ^b   Choi, Kue C ^b   Fong, Jill ^a   Gomillion, Matthew C ^a   Leighton, Barbara L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FENTANYL; NYLON; OPIATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CANNULATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; LABOR PAIN; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; TACHYCARDIA; ULTRASOUND; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0038650997     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021036     Document Type: Article

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