A New Approach to Preanesthetic Site Verification After 2 Cases of Wrong Site Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-177

  Stanton, Maureen A ^a   Tong Ngork, Sarani ^a   Liguori, Gregory A ^a   Edmonds, Chris R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laterality; Peripheral nerve block; Regional anesthesia; Site verification; Wrong site

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NURSE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SUPINE POSITION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 39449090966     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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