Ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block in infants, children and adolescents: A simple procedural guidance for their performance

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-299

  Suresh, Santhanak ^a,c   Chan, Vincent W S ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Infants; Pediatric; Transversus abdominis plane; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 62449146822     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.02958.x     Document Type: Review

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