The rectus sheath block: Accuracy of local anesthetic placement by trainee anesthesiologists using loss of resistance or ultrasound guidance

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-250

  Dolan, John ^a   Lucie, Philip ^b   Geary, Timothy ^b   Smith, Malcolm ^b   Kenny, Gavin N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIA; INJECTION; INNERVATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE BLOCK; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 70349231048     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819a3f67     Document Type: Article

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