Ultrasounds guidance improves success rate of axillary brachial plexus block

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-182

  Chan, Vincent W S ^a,b,c   Perlas, Anahi ^a,b   McCartney, Colin J L ^a,b   Brull, Richard ^a,b   Xu, Daquan ^b   Abbas, Sherif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN BRUISING; ULNAR NERVE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HAND; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34249052244     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022637     Document Type: Article

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