Monitoring during peripheral nerve blockade

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 656-661

  Gadsden, Jeff ^a   McCally, Colleen ^a   Hadzic, Admir ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

injection pressure monitoring; monitoring; nerve blocks; nerve stimulation; regional anesthesia; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ASPIRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL PARESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL SITE REACTION; PULSE OXIMETRY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TINNITUS;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956489657     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32833d4f99     Document Type: Review

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