Tourniquet pain in a volunteer study: Effect of changes in cuff width and pressure

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-26

  Estebe, J P ^a   Le Naoures, A ^a   Chemaly, L ^a   Ecoffey, C ^a  

^a Hotel Dieu CHU Rennes   (France)

Author keywords

Equipment; Measurement; Pain; Tourniquets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 0033966857     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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