Evaluation of a transthecal digital nerve block in the injured pediatric patient

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-180

  Antevy, Peter M ^a   Zuckerbraun, Noel S ^a   Saladino, Richard A ^a   Pitetti, Raymond D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Regional anesthesia; Transthecal digital nerve block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FINGER PHALANX; FLEXOR TENDON; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SHEATH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949365142     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181d1dfaf     Document Type: Article

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