On the Edge of the Ultrasound Screen: Regional Anesthesiologists Diagnosing Nonneural Pathology

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 555-562

  Sites, Brian D ^a   Spence, Brian C ^a   Gallagher, John D ^a   Beach, Michael L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYLEPHRINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33751333576     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.06.248     Document Type: Article

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