A comparison of a single or triple injection technique for ultrasound-guided infraclavicular block: A prospective randomized controlled study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 668-672

  Desgagnés, Marie Christine ^a   Lévesque, Simon ^a   Dion, Nicolas ^a   Nadeau, Marie Josée ^a   Coté, Dany ^a   Brassard, Jean ^a   Nicole, Pierre C ^a   Turgeon, Alexis F ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INFRACLAVICULAR BLOCK; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ULTRASOUND; WRIST; AGED; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLARY ARTERY; CLAVICLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67849083172     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181aa308f     Document Type: Article

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