Variability in determination of point of needle insertion in peripheral nerve blocks: A comparison of experienced and inexperienced anaesthetists

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 688-692

  Grant, S A ^a   Breslin, D S ^a   MacLeod, D B ^a   Demeyts, D ^a   Martin, G ^a   D'Ercole, F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: nerve block, education; Peripheral nerves, sciatic nerve, lumbosacral plexus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; VARIANCE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0038205554     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03189_2.x     Document Type: Article

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