Regional anesthesia for acute traumatic injuries in the emergency room

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1677-1690

  Grabinsky, Andreas ^a   Sharar, Sam R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Block; Catheter; Emergency; Medicine; Nerve; Pain; Regional; Trauma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANESTHESIST; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; DEEP SEDATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70849108453     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.110     Document Type: Review

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