Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia and Analgesia in the Equine

Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-153

  Natalini, Cláudio C ^a   Driessen, Bernd ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; anesthesia; epidural; horses; hyperbaric; opioids; pain; spinal; subarachnoid

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547839703     PISSN: 15347516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctep.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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