The volume of blood for epidural blood patch in obstetrics: A randomized, blinded clinical trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Paech, Michael J ^a   Doherty, Dorota A ^b,c   Christmas, Tracey ^d   Wong, Cynthia A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Women and Infants Research Foundation   (Australia)

^d KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; BLOOD VOLUME; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960231693     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318218204d     Document Type: Article

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