The sting in the tail: Antiseptics and the neuraxis revisited

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1305-1309

  Bogod, D ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS; ANTISEPSIS; ARACHNOIDITIS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NERVE FIBER; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ARACHNOIDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARAPLEGIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84868637748     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12060     Document Type: Review

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