Thermographic temperature measurement compared with pinprick and cold sensation in predicting the effectiveness of regional blocks

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 598-604

  Galvin, Eilish M ^a   Niehof, Sjoerd ^a   Medina, Hector J ^a   Zijlstra, Freek J ^a   Van Bommel, Jasper ^a   Klein, Jan ^a   Verbrugge, Serge J C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 31444432833     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000189556.49429.16     Document Type: Article

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