Is ultrasound guidance advantageous for interventional pain management? A review of acute pain outcomes

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 596-604

  Choi, Stephen ^a   Brull, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DEFICIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 80052267967     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182223397     Document Type: Article

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