The potential future or just a way of trespassing the safety limits of pediatric regional anesthesia?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-97

  Bösenberg, Adrian ^a   Lönnqvist, Per Arne ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPORT;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 78651301763     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03503.x     Document Type: Review

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