The effect of obesity on neuraxial technique difficulty in pregnant patients: A prospective, observational study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1225-1231

  Ellinas, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Eastwood, Daniel C ^a   Patel, Smita N ^a,b   Maitra D'Cruze, Anita M ^a,b   Ebert, Thomas J ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare   (United States)

^c CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY MASS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SKIN INFILTRATE; SPINE; SURVIVAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349569213     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181b5a1d2     Document Type: Article

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