Upper extremity regional anesthesia. Essentials of our current understanding, 2008

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-170

  Neal, Joseph M ^a,h   Gerancher, J C ^b   Hebl, James R ^c   Ilfeld, Brian M ^d   McCartney, Colin J L ^e   Franco, Carlo D ^f   Hogan, Quinn H ^g  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYALURONIDASE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PRILOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; BRADYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 62949176531     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819624eb     Document Type: Review

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