Volume and dose of local anesthetic necessary to block the axillary brachial plexus using ultrasound guidance

Anesthesiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-9

  Hadzic, Admir ^a   Dewaele, Steven ^a   Gandhi, Kishor ^a   Santos, Alan ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; DRUG DIFFUSION; EDITORIAL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INJECTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 67650081555     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181a913cc     Document Type: Editorial

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