Digital blocks with and without adrenalin: A randomised-controlled study of capillary blood parameters

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-518

  Sönmez, Ahmet ^a,b   Yaman, Meral ^a   Ersoy, Burak ^a   Numanodlu, Ayhan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adrenalin; Digital anaesthesia; Digital ischaemia; Digital necrosis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; GANGLION CYST; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; WRIST GANGLION;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49249120499     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408090143     Document Type: Article

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