Peripheral nerve block techniques for ambulatory surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1663-1676

  Klein, Stephen M ^a   Evans, Holly ^a   Nielsen, Karen C ^a   Tucker, Marcy S ^a   Warner, David S ^a   Steele, Susan M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; ROPIVACAINE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SORE THROAT; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 28344437668     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000184187.02887.24     Document Type: Review

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