Estimation and pharmacodynamic consequences of the minimum effective anesthetic volumes for median and ulnar nerve blocks: A randomized, double-blind, controlled comparison between ultrasound and nerve stimulation guidance

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1059-1064

  Ponrouch, Matthieu ^a   Bouic, Nicolas ^a   Bringuier, Sophie ^b   Biboulet, Philippe ^a   Choquet, Olivier ^a   Kassim, Michèle ^a   Bernard, Nathalie ^a   Capdevila, Xavier ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYZINE; MEPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT SURGERY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957691885     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181eb6372     Document Type: Article

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