Pneumothorax after coracoid infraclavicular brachial plexus block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 275-277

  Crews, James C ^a   Gerancher, J C ^a   Weller, Robert S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLAVICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 34250889339     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000266492.65813.10     Document Type: Article

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