Pilot study of neuraxial imaging by ultrasound in infants and children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 671-676

  Marhofer, Peter ^a   Bösenberg, Adrian ^b   Sitzwohl, Christian ^a   Willschke, Harald ^a   Wanzel, Oliver ^c   Kapral, Stephan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Orthopaedic Hospital Gersthof   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Epidural anesthesia; High resolution ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; NEUROIMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; AGE; BODY POSTURE; CAUDA EQUINA; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MINOR SURGERY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERTEBRA;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 27144476474     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01521.x     Document Type: Article

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