Caudal anaesthesia under sedation: A prospective analysis of 512 infants and children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 751-755

  Brenner, L ^a   Kettner, S C ^a   Marhofer, P ^a   Latzke, D ^a   Willschke, H ^a   Kimberger, O ^a   Adelmann, D ^a   MacHata, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Epidural; Infants; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; NALBUPHINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREMATURITY; PREMEDICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; STRIDOR; TACHYCARDIA; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 77952478480     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq082     Document Type: Article

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