Surface anatomy as a guide to vertebral level for thoracic epidural placement

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1705-1707

  Teoh, Desiree A ^a   Santosham, Kristi L ^a,b   Lydell, Carmen C ^a   Smith, Dean F ^a   Beriault, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETERIZATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAPULA; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPULA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349132434     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31819cd8a3     Document Type: Article

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