Wrist Hyperextension Leads to Median Nerve Conduction Block: Implications for Intra-arterial Catheter Placement

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 287-291

  Chowet, Anne L ^a   Lopez, Jaime R ^b   Brock Utne, John G ^b   Jaffe, Richard A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POSTURE; WRIST;

EID: 1642499311     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200402000-00017     Document Type: Article

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