Skin Temperature After Interscalene Brachial Plexus Blockade

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 481-487

  Hermanns, Henning ^a   Braun, Sebastian ^a   Werdehausen, Robert ^a   Werner, Andreas ^a   Lipfert, Peter ^a   Stevens, Markus F ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interscalene brachial plexus block; Regional anesthesia; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLD EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSCALENE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCKADE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL NERVE; SHOULDER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 36148968963     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.06.392     Document Type: Article

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