Determination of the optimal angle for needle insertion during caudal block in children using ultrasound imaging

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 946-949

  Park, J H ^a   Koo, B N ^b   Kim, J Y ^c   Cho, J E ^b   Kim, W O ^b   Kil, H K ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SACRUM; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEEDLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33748625474     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04795.x     Document Type: Article

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