Specific nerve blocks: An update

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 549-555

  Karaca, Pelin ^a   Hadžič, Admir ^a   Vloka, Jerry D ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033755439     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200010000-00011     Document Type: Review

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