The relationship between current intensity for nerve stimulation and success of peripheral nerve blocks performed in pediatric patients under general anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1605-1609

  Gurnaney, Harshad ^a,b   Ganesh, Arjunan ^a   Cucchiaro, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36549051704     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000287642.21534.ed     Document Type: Article

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