Does neuraxial anesthesia reduce intraoperative blood loss?. A meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 427-435

  Richman, Jeffrey M ^a   Rowlingson, Andrew J ^a   Maine, David N ^a   Courpas, Genevieve E ^a   Weller, James F ^b   Wu, Christopher L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bethesda North Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Blood loss; Epidural; General; Meta analysis; Neuraxial; Regional; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748466997     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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