Pneumothorax as a complication of the ultrasound-guided supraclavicular approach for brachial plexus block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 817-819

  Bhatia, Anuj ^a   Lai, Jacob ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE MASK; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN; ULNAR NERVE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHEST PAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77956403009     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181e42908     Document Type: Article

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