Ultrasound-guided infraclavicular versus supraclavicular block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 886-890

  Arcand, Geneviève ^a   Williams, Stephan R ^a   Chouinard, Philippe ^a   Boudreault, Daniel ^a   Harris, Patrick ^a   Ruel, Monique ^a   Girard, François ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRACLAVICULAR BLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPRACLAVICULAR BLOCK; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 23944460567     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000159168.69934.CC     Document Type: Article

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