Spinal anesthesia: An evergreen technique

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

  Di Cianni, Simone ^a   Rossi, Maria ^a   Casati, Andrea ^a   Cocco, Caterina ^b   Fanelli, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Local anesthetic; Spinal anesthesia; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; CLONIDINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; INFUSION FLUID; LEVOPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BACKACHE; BED REST; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENANTIOMER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYPOTENSION; LABOR PAIN; LIPOPHILICITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RADICULAR PAIN; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; SPINE;

EID: 48749100993     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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