Pain management and regional anaesthesia in the trauma patient

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Davidson, Elyad M ^a   Ginosar, Yehuda ^a   Avidan, Alexander ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency room; Pain; Peripheral nerve block; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OPIATE; TRAMADOL;

ACUPRESSURE; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPETENCE; CONFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INJURY; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 17144407270     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000162836.71591.93     Document Type: Review

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