Long current impulses may be required for nerve stimulation in patients with ischemic pain

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 963-966

  Szerb, Jennifer ^a   Persaud, Desiree ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMITRIPTYLINE; CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPH CONTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INFUSION; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SUPINE POSITION; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 30344464098     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022059     Document Type: Article

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