Two cases of horner syndrome after administration of an epidural test dose that did not recur with subsequent epidural activation

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-374

  Hoftman, Nir ^a   Chan, Karina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MIOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERA DISEASE; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FUNNEL CHEST; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIDOCAINE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350160834     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ac7f74     Document Type: Article

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