Local anesthetic dose and volume used in ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 45-58

  O'Donnell, Brian D ^a   Iohom, Gabriella ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL NERVE; FOREARM; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE TOXICITY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; TOXICITY; ULTRASOUND GUIDED PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77958010008     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AIA.0b013e3181fa1460     Document Type: Review

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