Testing the epidural catheter

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-340

  Camorcia, Michela ^a  

^a Citta di Roma Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidural test dose; Epinephrine; Local anesthetics; Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LIPID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PIPECOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ASPIRATION; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSENSUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL TEST DOSE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR SPACE; MEDICAL ERROR; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROTOXICITY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67649543695     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283295281     Document Type: Review

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