Minimizing the risk of intravascular injection during ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade

Anesthesiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1142-

  Brull, Richard ^a   Perlas, Anahi ^b   Cheng, Peter H ^b   Chan, Vincent W S ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

DRUG INJECTION VOLUME; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 58149316575     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31818dd8aa     Document Type: Letter

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