A multifactorial approach to the factors influencing determination of paravertebral depth

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 587-594

  Chelly, Jacques E ^a   Uskova, Anna ^a   Merman, Rita ^a   Szczodry, Dorota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PARAVERTEBRAL NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 51549118873     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021432     Document Type: Article

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