The Supraclavicular Block with a Nerve Stimulator: To Decrease or Not to Decrease, that Is the Question

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1167-1171

  Franco, Carlo D ^a   Domashevich, Vitaliy ^a   Voronov, Gennadiy ^a   Rafizad, Amir B ^a   Jelev, Tanyu J ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 1642461546     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000105868.84160.09     Document Type: Article

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