Interscalene block using ultrasound guidance: Impact of experience on resident performance

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1268-1274

  Orebaugh, S L ^a   Williams, B A ^a   Kentor, M L ^a   Bolland, M A ^a   Mosier, S K ^a   Nowak, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESIDENT; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 70349728596     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02048.x     Document Type: Article

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