Serious complications of epidural anesthesia
Epidural anesthesia is a well-recognized and identified regionalanaesthesia technique in anesthesia practice. Firstapplied at sacral region in 1895 by Cathelin and todayit has become a basic regional anaesthesia technique.Frequent application of epidural anesthesia has causedan increase at serious c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dicle University Medical School
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Dicle Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/2/DicleMedJ-01069.pdf |
| Summary: | Epidural anesthesia is a well-recognized and identified regionalanaesthesia technique in anesthesia practice. Firstapplied at sacral region in 1895 by Cathelin and todayit has become a basic regional anaesthesia technique.Frequent application of epidural anesthesia has causedan increase at serious complications like bradycardia,cardiac arrest, neurologic and infective complications.But now, it has become a frequent practice for anesthesiologistsunder developments in practices and techniques.We aim to review serious complications of epidural anesthesiawithin current literatures. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-2945 1308-9889 |