Electrophysiologic Testing for the Diagnosis of Peripheral Nerve Injuries

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1298-1303

  Aminoff, Michael J ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ULNAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 2142766683     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200405000-00034     Document Type: Review

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