Spinal analgesia and auditory functions: A comparison of two sizes of Quincke needle

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 73, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 395-399

  Malhotra, S K ^a   Iyer, B A ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Raghunathan, M ^a   Nakra, D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Hearing loss; Spinal an algesia; Vestibulocochlear apparatus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MORPHINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; ELECTROCOCHLEOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUINCKE NEEDLE; SOUND INTENSITY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 34547899898     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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