Axillary brachial plexus block for perioperative analgesia in 250 children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 435-438

  Fisher, W J ^b   Bingham, R M ^a   Hall, R ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; Brachial plexus block; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

CODEINE PHOSPHATE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CANNULATION; CHILD; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODEINE; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032773027     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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