Ultrasound-guided training in the performance of brachial plexus block by the posterior approach: An observational study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1024-1028

  Van Geffen, G J ^a   Rettig, H C ^b   Koornwinder, T ^b   Renes, S ^a   Gielen, M J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34548660145     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05192.x     Document Type: Article

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