A multicenter prospective study of 3,110 consecutive cases of elective epinephrine use in the fingers and hand: The dalhousie project clinical phase

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1061-1067

  Lalonde, Donald ^a   Bell, Michael ^a   Benoit, Paul ^a   Sparkes, Gerald ^a   Denkler, Keith ^a   Chang, Peter ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elective; Epinephrine; Finger; Hand; Infarction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FINGER AMPUTATION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

CANADA; EPINEPHRINE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFARCTION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHENTOLAMINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 25144460471     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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