Complications and side effects associated with epidural bupivacaine/morphine analgesia

Acute Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Sands Jr , Robert P ^a   Yarussi, Anthony T ^a   de Leon Casasola, Oscar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; epidural; management protocols; postoperative analgesia; side effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949582662     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-0071(98)80007-7     Document Type: Article

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