Assessment of sympathetic blocks

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 82-87

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Mekhail, Nagy ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROVOCATION; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT TEST; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

EID: 0034894898     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/trap.2001.25281     Document Type: Article

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