A simplified approach to vertical infraclavicular brachial plexus blockade using hand-held Doppler

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1012-1014

  Renes, Steven ^a   Clark, Laura ^b   Gielen, Mathieu ^a   Spoormans, Huub ^c   Giele, Janneke ^a   Wadhwa, Anupama ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

EID: 39749179792     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318161667c     Document Type: Article

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