Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 624-631

  Chin, Ki Jinn ^a   Chan, Vincent ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Peripheral nerve blockade; Regional anesthesia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SKILL; ULNAR NERVE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 53549084596     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32830815d1     Document Type: Review

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