Sub-Tenon's local anaesthesia for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity with diode laser

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-379

  Parulekar, M V ^a   Chen, S D M ^a   Patel, C K ^a  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; LIDOCAINE; OXYGEN; PROXYMETACAINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DIODE LASER; DOSIMETRY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

EID: 40949147795     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702642     Document Type: Article

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