I. Location, location, location! Ultrasound imaging in regional anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Denny, Nicholas M ^a   Harrop Griffiths, W ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 11344253968     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei001     Document Type: Editorial

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