Continuous spinal anesthesia in a high risk elderly patient using epidural set

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-141

  Goyal, Meenu ^a   Taxak, Susheela ^a   Kshetrapal, Kirti Kamal ^a   Goel, Manish Kumar ^b  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology ^*  (India)

^b POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BUPIVACAINE;

AGED; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COLLOID; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CRYSTALLOID; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PREMEDICATION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SEDATION;

EID: 79951889857     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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