Neuraxial techniques in obstetric and non-obstetric patients with common bleeding diatheses

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 648-660

  Choi, Stephen ^a   Brull, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; ADULT; BLEEDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PREGNANCY; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 67849106630     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181ac13d1     Document Type: Article

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