Ommaya and McComb reservoir placement in infants: Can this be done with regional anesthesia?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 909-911

  Uejima, Tetsu ^a   Suresh, Santhanam ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SUPRAORBITAL BLOCK; ZYGOMATICOTEMPORAL BLOCK;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NERVE BLOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 48249097164     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02565.x     Document Type: Letter

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