Ultrasound assessment of the vertebral level of the intercristal line in pregnancy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-564

  Lee, Allison J ^a   Ranasinghe, J Sudharma ^a   Chehade, Jules Marie ^a   Arheart, Kris ^a   Saltzman, Bruce S ^a   Penning, Donald H ^a   Birnbach, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERCRISTAL LINE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 80052251422     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318222abe4     Document Type: Article

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