Pediatric regional anesthesia: What is the current safety record?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 737-742

  Polaner, David M ^a   Drescher, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; infants and children; pediatrics; regional anesthesia; risks; safety

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LIPID EMULSION; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ANALGESIA; APNEA; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION; LAMINECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ST SEGMENT;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PEDIATRICS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SAFETY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79958140425     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03499.x     Document Type: Review

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