Editorial: Safety during regional anesthesia what do we know and how can we improve our practice?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Benhamou, Dan ^a   Auroy, Yves ^b,c   Amalberti, René ^d  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Clamart ^*  (France)

^d Haute Autorité de santé   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; STANDARD; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549208002     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181c99564     Document Type: Editorial

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