Iatrogenic complications and risks of nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-526

  Al Shekhlee, Amer ^a   Shapiro, Barbara E ^a   Preston, David C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Electromyography; Iatrogenic; Nerve conduction studies; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; NEEDLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037406556     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10315     Document Type: Review

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