Regional anesthesia meets ultrasound: A specialty in transition

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 456-466

  Sites, B D ^a   Spence, B C ^a   Gallagher, J ^a   Beach, M L ^a   Antonakakis, J G ^a   Sites, V R ^b   Hartman, G S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve block; Nerve stimulator; Regional anesthesia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTIFACTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 40849140992     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01604.x     Document Type: Review

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