Clinical utility of low-volume ultrasound-guided interscalene blockade: Contraindications reconsidered

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1251-1258

  Smith, Hugh M ^a   Duncan, Christopher M ^a   Hebl, James R ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraindications; Interscalene blockade; Phrenic nerve; Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; TOXICITY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

CONTRAINDICATIONS; FIBER-OPTIC INTUBATIONS; INTERSCALENE BLOCKADE; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS; ULTRASOUND GUIDED; ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES; ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY;

ANESTHETICS;

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEEDLE; OPIATE ADDICTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER SURGERY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ULTRASOUND GUIDED INTERSCALENE BLOCK;

EID: 70349275235     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.9.1251     Document Type: Article

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