Skin temperature measured by infrared thermography after specific ultrasound-guided blocking of the musculocutaneous, radial, ulnar, and median nerves in the upper extremity

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 887-895

  Lange, K H W ^a   Jansen, T ^a   Asghar, S ^a   Kristensen, P L ^a   Skjonnemand M ^a   Norgaard P ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anaesthetics, local; peripheral nerves; skin temperature; sympathetic nervous system; thermography.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 79957476296     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer085     Document Type: Article

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