Single-operator real-time ultrasound-guidance to aim and insert a lumbar epidural needle

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-321

  Tran, Denis ^a   Kamani, Allaudin A ^b   Al Attas, Elias ^b   Lessoway, Victoria A ^b   Massey, Simon ^b   Rohling, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL NEEDLE PLACEMENT; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE; PALPATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SKIN SURFACE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ALGORITHM; DEVICES; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953293508     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-009-9252-1     Document Type: Article

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