Use of ultrasound guidance and contrast enhancement: A study of continuous infraclavicular brachial plexus approach

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-342

  Dhir, S ^a,b   Ganapathy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catheter technique; Colour Doppler ultrasonography; Infraclavicular brachial plexus block

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 38849193951     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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