Opinion/editorial and review of recent literature: Where ultrasound has yet to make a difference in regional anesthesia

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 22-33

  Foldes, Peter ^a   Rosenquist, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CATHETER; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; DEVICE SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; SEIZURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TIBIAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053508730     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: 15371913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AIA.0b013e31821b7c10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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