Cervical epidural abscess: A rare complication of intravenous cannulation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 605-608

  Burgess, C M ^a   Wolverson, Adam S ^b   Dale, M T ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEATH; EDEMA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAMINECTOMY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 19944413327     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04155.x     Document Type: Article

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