The distance from the skin to the subarachnoid space can be predicted in premature and formerpremature infants

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-162

  Shenkman, Ze'ev ^a   Rathus, Valeria ^a   Jedeikin, Robert ^a   Konen, Osnat ^a   Hoppenstein, David ^a,c   Snyder, Mitchell ^b,c   Freud, Enrique ^a,c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 1842840133     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018776     Document Type: Article

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