A comparison of single versus multiple injections on the extent of anesthesia with coracoid infraclavicular brachial plexus block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1225-1230

  Rodríguez, Jaime ^a,b   Barcena M ^a   Taboada Muniz M ^a   Lagunilla, J ^a   Alvarez J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PARALYSIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 4644281536     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000131724.73956.8E     Document Type: Article

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