Infectious Complications: A New Practice Advisory

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-290

  Hebl, James R ^a   Neal, Joseph M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ANTICOAGULATION; BACTEREMIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33745936999     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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