Major complications of epidural anesthesia: A prospective study of 5083 cases at a single hospital

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 858-866

  Kang, X H ^a   Bao, F P ^a   Xiong, X X ^a   Li, M ^a   Jin, T T ^a   Shao, J ^b   Zhu, S M ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIST; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG AMPUTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METALLIC TASTE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DURA MATER; HEMATOMA; HYPESTHESIA; INJURIES; INNERVATION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PARESTHESIA; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904434313     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12360     Document Type: Article

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