Complications of regional anesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 531-537

  Greensmith, J Eric ^a   Murray, W Bosseau ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Local anesthetic toxicity; Nerve injury; Regional anesthesia; Wrong sited procedure

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; BUPIVACAINE; LIPID EMULSION; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; PROPOFOL; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ACCREDITATION; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NEEDLE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRONG SITED PROCEDURE;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PARALYSIS; SEIZURES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33748664198     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000245280.99786.a3     Document Type: Review

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