Combined spinal epidural causes higher level of block than equivalent single-shot spinal anesthesia in elective cesarean patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 577-580

  Ithnin, Farida ^a   Lim, Yvonne ^a   Sia, Alex T ^a   Ocampo, Cecilia E ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY NERVE; SINGLE SHOT SPINAL TECHNIQUE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 31444450596     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000195440.51717.37     Document Type: Article

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