Comparison of awake spinal with awake caudal anesthesia in preterm and ex-preterm infants for herniotomy

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 620-624

  Hoelzle, Martin ^a   Weiss, Markus ^a   Dillier, Claudia ^a   Gerber, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Awake; Caudal; Herniotomy; Preterm; Spinal

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953815020     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03316.x     Document Type: Article

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