Audit of initial use of the ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block in children

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-286

  Palmer, G M ^a   Luk, V H Y ^b   Smith, K R ^c   Prentice, E K ^d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Management ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesic techniques; Bupivacaine; Children; Levobupivacaine; Nerve block; TAP blocks; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; ICE; KETAMINE; KETOROLAC; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; ORCHIDOPEXY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

EID: 79953213710     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900220     Document Type: Article

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