Awake caudal anesthesia for inguinal hernia operations: Successful use in low birth weight neonates

Anaesthesist

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 841-844

  Geze, S ^a   Imamoglu M ^a   Cekic, B ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, caudal; Hernia complications; Hernia inguinal; Infant, low birth weight; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE RATE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 80054769776     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: 1432055X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-011-1913-0     Document Type: Article

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