Continuous Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Catheters in a Combat Surgical Environment

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1426-1429

  Allcock, Edward ^a   Spencer, Eliot ^b   Frazer, R ^c   Applegate, Gregory ^d   Buckenmaier III, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c FRIARAGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat Anesthesia; Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block; Neuraxial Anesthesia and Coagulopathy; Postoperative Regional Anesthesia; Transversus Abdominis Plane Analgesia

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTINUOUS TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EXTUBATION; GALLBLADDER TRAUMA; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE INJURY; INTUBATION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FRACTURE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESUSCITATION; STOMACH INJURY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ULTRASOUND; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 77956504739     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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