Epidural test dose: A 'gold standard'? Or a necessary evil? [3]

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 722-

  Kuczkawski, Krzysztof M ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; CASE REPORT; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL TEST DOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE;

EID: 17844363477     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00686.x     Document Type: Letter

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