Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia for peripheral nerve blocks: An evidence-based outcome review

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-191

  Antonakakis, John G ^a   Ting, Paul H ^b   Sites, Brian ^c  

^a Portsmouth Regional Hospital   (United States)

^b Martha Jefferson Hospital   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Evidence; Nerve blocks; Regional; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79956356937     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2011.04.008     Document Type: Review

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