A comparison of ultrasound-guided supraclavicular and infraclavicular blocks for upper extremity surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 620-626

  Koscielniak Nielsen, Z J ^a   Frederiksen, B S ^a   Rasmussen, H ^a   Hesselbjerg, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLAVICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749103292     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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