Determining the accuracy of caudal needle placement in children: A comparison of the swoosh test and ultrasonography

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 606-612

  Raghunathan, Karthik ^a   Schwartz, Donald ^a,b   Connelly, Neil Roy ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal; Children; Pediatric; Swoosh; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RECOVERY ROOM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STETHOSCOPE; SWOOSH TEST;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; AUSCULTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEEDLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 44649183510     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02529.x     Document Type: Article

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