Practical concepts in nerve stimulation: Impedance and other recent advances

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 81-90

  Byrne, Kelly ^a   Tsui, Ban C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; HUMANS;

EID: 79959913370     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: 15371913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AIA.0b013e31821775a8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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