Time sequence of sensory changes after upper extremity block: Swelling sensation is an early and accurate predictor of success

Anesthesiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-168

  Paqueron, Xavier ^a   Gentili, Marc E ^b   Willer, Jean Claude ^a   Coriat, Pierre ^a   Riou, Bruno ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Ctr Medico Chirurgical S Vincent   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROPRIOCEPTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 3042541380     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200407000-00025     Document Type: Article

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