A comparison between ultrasound-guided infraclavicular block using the "double bubble" sign and neurostimulation-guided axillary block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1075-1078

  Tran, De Q H ^a   Clemente, Antonio ^a   Tran, Don Q ^a   Finlayson, Roderick J ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; ULTRASOUND; AGED; AXILLA; AXILLARY VEIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; RADIAL NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS; AXILLA; AXILLARY ARTERY; AXILLARY VEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; RADIAL NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 51449095759     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31817ef259     Document Type: Article

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