Procedural pain of an ultrasound-guided brachial plexus block: A comparison of axillary and infraclavicular approaches

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 408-413

  Frederiksen, B S ^a   Koscielniak Nielsen, Z J ^a   Jacobsen, R B ^a   Rasmussen, H ^a   Hesselbjerg, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; APPLICATION SITE PARESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ANESTHESIA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSESTHESIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFRACLAVICULAR ANESTHESIA; LATENT PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLAVICLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649206559     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02197.x     Document Type: Article

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