Continuous peripheral nerve blocks

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-29

  Shinaman, Richard C ^b   Mackey, Sean ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; AWARENESS; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPETENCE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INFUSION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOOT SURGERY; HAND SURGERY; HEART DISEASE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE BLOCK; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 14044266306     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-005-0071-y     Document Type: Review

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