A randomized trial of the traditional sitting position versus the hamstring stretch position for labor epidural needle placement

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 532-534

  Fisher, Kyle S ^a,b   Arnholt, Alan T ^c   Douglas, Michal E ^a,b   Vandiver, Scott L ^a,b   Nguyen, Daniel H ^a,b  

^a Watauga Anesthesia Associates   (United States)

^b Watauga Medical Center   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; LORDOSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; BODY POSTURE; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HISTOLOGY; NEEDLE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE AND BONES; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67849121586     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181ac6c79     Document Type: Article

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