Epidural volume extension: A review

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 604-613

  Tyagi, A ^a   Sharma, C S ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Sharma, D K ^a,b   Jain, A K ^a   Sethi, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BASE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Epidural injection; Epidural volume extension; Normal saline; Sequential combined spinal epidural

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL VOLUME EXTENSION; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 84865087748     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1204000405     Document Type: Review

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