The distance from the skin to the epidural and subarachnoid spaces in parturients scheduled for caesarean section

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-159

  Bassiakou, E ^a   Valsamidis, D ^a   Loukeri, A ^a   Karathanos, A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, epidural; Anesthesia, spinal; Cesarean section

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SKIN; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 79953073556     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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