Epidural endeavour and the pressure principle

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-322

  Wilson, Matt J A ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PROPRIOCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; PRESSURE;

EID: 33947637140     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05063.x     Document Type: Editorial

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