Detecting intravascular injection during caudal anaesthesia in children [3]

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1060-1062

  Timmerman, L ^a   Megens, J Ham ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL;

CASE REPORT; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE;

EID: 35948961905     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021507001020     Document Type: Letter

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