Is ultrasound guidance mandatory when performing paediatric regional anaesthesia?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Lönnqvist, Per Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Paediatric; Regional anesthesia; Ultrasound guided

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INGUINAL REGION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRICS; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77951997985     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328339276f     Document Type: Review

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