Characteristics of mepivacaine axillary brachial plexus block performed at 2800 m of altitude;Caractéristiques du bloc axillaire à la mépivacaïne réalisé à 2800 m d'altitude

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Fuzier, R ^a   Fourcade, O ^a   Fuzier, V ^a   Gonzalez, H ^a   Albert, N ^b   Riviere, D ^c   Capdevila, X ^d  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Axillary blockade; Brachial plexus; Mepivacaine; Montain medicine; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL NERVE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846076967     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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