A new method for estimating arterial occlusion pressure in optimizing pneumatic tourniquet inflation pressure

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1752-1757

  Tuncali, Bahattin ^a   Karci, Ayse ^b   Tuncali, Binnur Erdalkiran ^b   Mavioglu, Omur ^b   Ozkan, Mustafa ^b   Bacakoglu, Abdul Kadir ^b   Baydur, Hakan ^b   Ekin, Ahmet ^b   Elar, Zahide ^b  

^a NONE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSION PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CUFF; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITOR; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESSURE; TOURNIQUET;

EID: 33744458951     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000209018.00998.24     Document Type: Article

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