The effects of 45 degree head up tilt on the lumbar puncture success rate in children undergoing spinal anesthesia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1178-1182

  Apiliogullari, Seza ^a   Duman, Ates ^b   Gok, Funda ^a   Ogun, Cemile Oztin ^b   Akillioglu, Ishak ^a  

^a Dr Faruk Sukan Obstetrics and Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lumbar puncture; Patient position; Pediatric; Spinal anesthesia; Technique

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; SEVOFLURANE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGING; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTURE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 55149125328     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02780.x     Document Type: Article

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