Preoperative apnea in a preterm infant after caudal block with ropivacaine and clonidine [3]

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 708-709

  Galante, Dario ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; AMIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LETTER; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; NERVE BLOCK; NEWBORN;

AMIDES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CLONIDINE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 27744485608     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01683.x     Document Type: Letter

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