Complications of peripheral blockade

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 457-469

  Ben David, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DRUG ADDITIVE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROCAINE; TETRACAINE;

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOXICITY; EPIDURAL SPACE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEUROTOXICITY; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0036717809     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8537(02)00012-3     Document Type: Review

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