How and why to use ultrasound for regional blockade

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Capdevila, Xavier ^a,c   Biboulet, Philippe ^a   Morau, Didier ^a   Mannion, Stephen ^b   Choquet, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^c LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epidural blocks; Peripheral nerve blocks; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; AXIAL BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCKING; BODY REGIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMORAL BLOCK; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRACLAVICULAR BLOCK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSCALENE BLOCK; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROAXIAL BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE BLOCK; POSOAS COMPARTMENT BLOCK; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK; SUPRACLAVICULAR BLOCK; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; CHILD; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 57649242756     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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