Anaesthesia for procedures of the hand and elbow

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-246

  Brown, Anthony R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Brachial plexus; Elbow; Hand; Intravenous regional anaesthesia; Post operative analgesia; Regional anaesthesia; Tourniquet; Upper extremity; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; HEMOGLOBIN; KETOROLAC; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PRILOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELBOW; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HAND; METHODOLOGY;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELBOW; HAND; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 0036594217     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bean.2002.0235     Document Type: Article

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