Teaching Practices of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia in the United States: Should Lumbar Epidurals Be Taught Before Thoracic Epidurals?

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 652-655

  Saied, Nahel N ^a   Helwani, Mohammad ^a   Tabakian, Hagop ^a   Srinivasan, John ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; lumbar epidural; survey; teaching; technical difficulties; thoracic epidural

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEACHING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749157586     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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