Malposition of epidural catheter: An 8-year retrospective analysis on an incident reporting system at an urban university hospital

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1224-1227

  Date, Yoriko ^a   Ishikawa, Seiji ^a   Fujisawa, Akiko ^a   Uchida, Tokujirou ^a   Nakazawa, Koichi ^a   Makita, Koshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter; Epidural anesthesia; Incident reporting system; Misplacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER MALPOSITION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THORACIC CAVITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CATHETERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOKYO;

EID: 78049257959     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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