Intrathecal drug spread

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 568-578

  Hocking, G ^a,b   Wildsmith, J A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid, intrathecal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; GLUCOSE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOTOXICITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; HYPOBARISM; HYPOTENSION; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISCOSITY; BODY POSTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SENSATION;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; SENSATION;

EID: 5444224779     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh204     Document Type: Review

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