Spinal anesthesia in infants: Is the impractical practical?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-66

  Suresh, Santhanam ^a   Hall, Steven C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 29844447791     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000192576.62147.1F     Document Type: Editorial

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