Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia: Current state of the art

Anesthesiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 368-373

  Gray, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING; INJECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEEDLE; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR ACCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33644954811     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200602000-00024     Document Type: Note

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