Cervical epidural pressure measurement: Comparison in the prone and sitting positions

Anesthesiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 666-671

  Moon, Jee Y ^a,b   Lee, Pyung Bok ^a   Nahm, Francis Sahngun ^a   Kim, Yong Chul ^a,c   Choi, Jong Bum ^a,d  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CERVICAL EPIDURAL PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; AGED; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PRONE POSITION;

EID: 77956997100     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181e898e8     Document Type: Article

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