Ultrasound guidance improves the success rate of a perivascular axillary plexus block

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 678-684

  Sites, Brian D ^a   Beach, M L ^a   Spence, B C ^a   Wiley, C W ^a   Shiffrin, J ^a   Hartman, G S ^a   Gallagher, J D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary block; Brachial plexus; Ultrasound; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33750108704     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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