Diabetes mellitus, independent of body mass index, is associated with a "higher success" rate for supraclavicular brachial plexus blocks

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 404-407

  Gebhard, Ralf E ^a   Nielsen, Karen C ^b   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^c   Missair, Andres ^a   Williams, Brian A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 74549172100     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ada58d     Document Type: Article

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