Advanced regional anesthesia morbidity and mortality grading system: Regional anesthesia outcomes reporting (ROAR)

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1115-1122

  Buckenmaier, Chester C ^a   Croll, Scott M ^a   Shields, Cynthia H ^a   Shockey, Sean M ^a   Bleckner, Lisa L ^a   Malone, Greg ^a   Plunkett, Anthony ^a   McKnight, Geselle M ^a   Kwon, Kyung H ^a   Joltes, Richard ^a   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^b  

^a Army Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management Initiative   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous peripheral nerve block; Morbidity; Outcomes; Peripheral nerve block; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349482166     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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