Systematic evaluation of the highest current threshold for regional anaesthesia in a porcine model

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 770-776

  Steinfeldt, T ^a   Graf, J ^a,b   Vassiliou, T ^a   Nimphius, W ^a   Sturm, K ^a   Kill, C ^a   Wiesmann, T ^a   Wulf, H ^a   Muller H H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Lufthansa AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SWINE; ANIMAL; AXILLA; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; INGUINAL REGION; INNERVATION; LIMB; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GROIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUS SCROFA; SWINE;

EID: 77953154572     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02235.x     Document Type: Article

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