Imaging techniques for regional nerve blockade and vascular cannulation in children

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-300

  Marhofer, Peter ^a   Willschke, Harald ^a   Kettner, Stephan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Paediatric anaesthesia; Regional anaesthesia; Ultrasonography; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

BABY; CANNULA; CENTRAL VEIN; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXPERIENCE; HAND; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN INJURY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUGULAR VEINS; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33744994080     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000192787.93386.9c     Document Type: Review

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