Minimum effective volume of local anesthetic for ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-218

  Duggan, Edel ^a   Beheiry, Hossam El ^a   Perlas, Anahi ^a   Lupu, Mario ^a   Nuica, Alina ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 62949097517     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819a9542     Document Type: Article

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