High or low current threshold for nerve stimulation for regional anaesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1275-1281

  Steinfeldt, T ^a   Graf, J ^a   Vassiliou, T ^a   Morin, A ^a   Feldmann, K ^a   Nimphius, W ^a   De Andres, J ^b   Wulf, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INJECTION SITE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ANIMALS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349744060     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02087.x     Document Type: Article

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