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

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Sites, Brian D ^a   Chan, Vincent W ^b   Neal, Joseph M ^c   Weller, Robert ^d   Grau, Thomas ^e   Koscielniak Nielsen, Zbigniew J ^f   Ivani, Giorgio ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^g REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ULTRASOUND;

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

EID: 60849121447     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181926779     Document Type: Article

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