Neurological Complications of Regional Obstetric Anesthesia

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 229-234

  MacArthur, Alison J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAFFEINE; EPHEDRINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACKACHE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NEEDLE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; RECUMBENCY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0842331252     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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