Peripheral nerve blocks for lower limb surgery - A choice anaesthetic technique for patients with a recent myocardial infarction?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 583-586

  Chia, N ^a   Low, T C ^a   Poon, K H ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adrenaline in local anaesthetic solution; Combined sciatic femoral nerve block; Haemodynamic changes; Peripheral nerve block; Peripheral nerve stimulator

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CLOXACILLIN; DIGOXIN; FENTANYL; GENTAMICIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LISINOPRIL; METFORMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GANGRENE; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEPSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AMPUTATION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NERVE BLOCK; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0036879844     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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