Epidrum is an unreliable device for identifying the thoracic epidural space

Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2018 Sep;35(9):716-717. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000810.

Authors

Morgan Le Guen¹, Aude Charvet, Marc Leone, Marc Fischler

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesiology, Hôpital Foch, Paris (MLG, MF), Université Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles (MLG, MF), Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, North Hospital, APHM (AC, ML) and Université Aix Marseille, Marseille, France (AC, ML).

PMID: 30063534
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000810

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Analgesia, Epidural / instrumentation*
Analgesia, Epidural / methods
Epidural Space / diagnostic imaging*
Equipment Failure*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Single-Blind Method
Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*