Complications Associated With Eye Blocks and Peripheral Nerve Blocks: An American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Analysis

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 416-422

  Lee, Lorri A ^a   Posner, Karen L ^a   Cheney, Frederick W ^a   Caplan, Robert A ^a   Domino, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed claims; Eye blocks; Liability; Peripheral nerve blocks; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; EYE BLOCK; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SEIZURE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649091361     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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