Caudal anesthesia for vascular access procedures in two extremely small premature neonates

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 749-751

  Abouleish, Amr E ^a   Chung, Dai H ^a   Cohen, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Central venous access; Premature infants; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CANNULA; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 27144540088     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1474-x     Document Type: Article

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