Regional anaesthesia in the obese patient: Lost landmarks and evolving ultrasound guidance

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-72

  Brodsky, Jay B ^a   Mariano, Edward R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

neuraxial block; obesity; peripheral nerve block; regional anaesthesia; ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; ETIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL SPACE; EXCITATION; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG PAIN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORBID OBESITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TINNITUS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 79952603836     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2010.12.005     Document Type: Review

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