Body habitus does not influence spread of sensory blockade after the intrathecal injection of a hypobaric solution in term parturients

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 689-693

  Wong, Cynthia A ^a   Cariaso, Dominador ^a   Johnson, Eric C ^a   Leu, Diana ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; ICE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOME; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG SOLUTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; SITTING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0142180206     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018711     Document Type: Article

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