Increased body mass index and ASA physical status IV are risk factors for block failure in ambulatory surgery - An analysis of 9,342 blocks

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 810-816

  Cotter, Juliann T ^a   Nielsen, Karen C ^b   Guller, Ulrich ^b   Steele, Susan M ^b   Klein, Stephen M ^b   Greengras, Roy A ^c   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 9444243193     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018454     Document Type: Article

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