Ultrasonography-guided rectus sheath block in paediatric anaesthesia - A new approach to an old technique

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-249

  Willschke, Harald ^a   Bosenberg A ^b   Marhofer, P ^a   Johnston, S ^b   Kettner, S C ^a   Wanzel, O ^c   Kapral, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL SPEISING   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; Anatomy; Equipment; Paediatrics; Regional; Ultrasound machines

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFANT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; UMBILICAL HERNIA; ABDOMEN; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART RATE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33747373872     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael143     Document Type: Article

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