Resident versus staff anesthesiologist performance: Coracoid approach to infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks using a double-stimulation technique

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-237

  Minville, Vincent ^a   Asehnoune, Karim ^b   Chassery, Clément ^a   N'Guyen, Luc ^a   Gris, Claude ^a   Fourcade, Olivier ^a   Samii, Kamran ^a   Benhamou, Dan ^b  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Infraclavicular brachial plexus block; Nerve stimulation; Regional anesthesia; Resident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLAVICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 19344369516     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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