NEUROPSYCHIATRIC COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING SPINAL ANESTHESIA
Authors: H. Edward Yaskin, Bernard J. Alpers
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Article1 August 1945NEUROPSYCHIATRIC COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING SPINAL ANESTHESIAH. EDWARD YASKIN, M.D., BERNARD J. ALPERS, M.D.H. EDWARD YASKIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BERNARD J. ALPERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-2-184 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe advantages of spinal anesthesia under certain restrictions are so obvious and the results obtained from its use so excellent that one can appreciate the popularity of this valuable anesthetic measure. However, from time to time, there have appeared in the literature reports of patients who have developed neurological complications occurring immediately after or remotely following the administration of a spinal anesthetic. 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