A survey: conscious sedation with epidural and zygapophyseal injections: Is it necessary?

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 364-369

  Cucuzzella, Tony R ^a   Delport, Elva G ^a   Kim, Nancy ^a   Marley, Julie ^a   Pruitt, Christine ^a   Delport, Anton G ^b  

^a Christiana Spine Center   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiolysis; Sedation analgesia; Spinal injections

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; STEROID;

AGE; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; THORACIC SPINE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33745491455     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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