Suitability of the Lumbar Test Dose for the Thoracic Epidural Space

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 700-703

  Homi, H Mayumi ^a   Sulzer, Christopher ^a   Lappas, George ^a   D'Amico, Thomas ^a   Stafford Smith, Mark ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dural puncture; test dose; thoracic epidural

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONVALESCENCE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SURGERY; NEEDLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; VITAL STATISTICS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CATHETERIZATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33749126966     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.01.027     Document Type: Article

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