Development and evaluation of a score to predict difficult epidural placement during labor

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-238

  Guglielminotti, Jean ^a,b   Mentré, France ^a,b,c   Bedairia, Ennoufous ^a   Montravers, Philippe ^a,c   Longrois, Dan ^a,c  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; DIFFICULT EPIDURAL PLACEMENT; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE NEEDLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL NEEDLE; SPINE MALFORMATION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876794028     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31828887a6     Document Type: Article

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