The effect of stimulating versus nonstimulating catheter techniques for continuous regional anesthesia: A semiquantitative systematic review

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-199

  Morin, Astrid M ^a   Kranke, Peter ^b   Wulf, Hinnerk ^a   Stienstra, Rudolf ^c   Eberhart, Leopold H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CLONIDINE; DIPYRONE; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PIRITRAMIDE; PRILOCAINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; CATHETERS; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952359316     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181d259a4     Document Type: Article

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