Neurostimulation in ultrasound-guided infraclavicular block: A prospective randomized trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1275-1280

  Dingemans, Emmanuel ^a   Williams, Stephan R ^a   Arcand, Geneviève ^a   Chouinard, Philippe ^a   Harris, Patrick ^a   Ruel, Monique ^a   Girard, François ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INFRACLAVICULAR BLOCK; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34247500722     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000226101.63736.20     Document Type: Article

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