Avoidance of phrenic nerve paresis during continuous supraclavicular regional anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 354-358

  Cornish, Philip B ^a   Leaper, C J ^a   Nelson, G ^a   Anstis, F ^a   Mcquillan, C ^a   Stienstra, R ^b  

^a NELSON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW FRACTURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARESIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33947625544     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.04988.x     Document Type: Article

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