Spinal anesthesia for the premature infant: Is this really the answer to avoiding postoperative apnea?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-58

  Kim, Jarmila ^a   Thornton, John ^a   Eipe, Naveen ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; KETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE;

APNEA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; APNEA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57449099745     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02831.x     Document Type: Letter

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