Ultrasound Guidance Speeds Execution and Improves the Quality of Supraclavicular Block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1518-1523

  Williams, Stephan R ^a   Chouinard, Philippe ^a   Arcand, Geneviève ^a   Harris, Patrick ^a   Ruel, Monique ^a   Boudreault, Daniel ^a   Girard, François ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NEEDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SEDATION; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0142150209     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000086730.09173.CA     Document Type: Article

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