Ultrasound-guided low-dose interscalene brachial plexus block reduces the incidence of hemidiaphragmatic paresis

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 498-502

  Renes, Steven H ^a   Rettig, Harald C ^b   Gielen, Mathieu J ^a   Wilder Smith, Oliver H ^a   Van Geffen, Geert J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SHOULDER SURGERY; SPIROMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PARESIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549170465     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181b49256     Document Type: Article

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