Supraclavicular block in the obese population: An analysis of 2020 blocks

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1252-1254

  Franco, Carlo D ^a,b   Gloss, Feodor J ^a   Voronov, Gennadiy ^a   Tyler, Serge G ^a   Stojiljkovic, Ljuba S ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; MEPIVACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33645530618     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000198341.53062.a2     Document Type: Article

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