Identification of the midline by obese and non-obese women during late pregnancy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1351-1354

  Butcher, M ^a   George, R T ^a   Ip, J ^a   Campbell, J P ^a   Yentis, S M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL OBESITY; MIDLINE; STIMULUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY MASS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84921965995     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12824     Document Type: Article

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