Bilateral ankle blocks: A prospective audit

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 39-42

  Rudkin, Glenda E ^a,b   Rudkin, Adam K ^a   Dracopoulos, George C ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle; Conscious; Local anaesthesia; Nerve block; Patient satisfaction; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ANKLE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 15444362917     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03286.x     Document Type: Article

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