Fifteen years of ultrasound guidance in regional anaesthesia: Part 1

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 538-546

  Marhofer, P ^a   Harrop Griffiths, W ^b   Kettner, S C ^a   Kirchmair, L ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; Equipment, ultrasound machines; Nerve block

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDEMA; GOLD STANDARD; IMAGING; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCIATIC NERVE; STAFF TRAINING; TOURNIQUET; ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE IN REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA;

EID: 77951285503     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq069     Document Type: Review

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