An attempt to prevent spread of local anaesthetic to the phrenic nerve by compression above the injection site during the interscalene brachial plexus block

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 453-456

  Bennani, S E ^a   Vandenabele Teneur, F ^a   Nyarwaya, J B ^a   Delecroix, M ^a   Krivosic Horber, R ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic technique, hemidiaphragmatic paresis; Interscalene brachial plexus block; Nerve stimulator

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; DIAPHRAGM; DRUG MIXTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHRENIC NERVE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE BLOCK; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031795959     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1998.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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