The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy joint committee recommendations for education and training in ultrasound guided regional anesthesia: Why do we need these guidelines?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-9

  Ivani, Giorgio ^a   Ferrante, F Michael ^b,c  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF PRIVILEGES; NERVE BLOCK; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60749134791     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181926b3d     Document Type: Editorial

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