Utility of the anesthetic test dose to avoid catastrophic injury during cervical transforaminal epidural injections

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 857-864

  Smuck, Matthew ^a   Maxwell, Matthew D ^b   Kennedy, David ^c   Rittenberg, Joshua D ^c   Lansberg, Maarten G ^a   Plastaras, Christopher T ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural; Injection; Spine; Test dose; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLURRED SPEECH; TACHYCARDIA; TINNITUS; TOXICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRUNK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD VESSELS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957221059     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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