Proactive error analysis of ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block performance

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 502-507

  O'Sullivan, Owen ^a   Aboulafia, Annette ^b   Iohom, Gabriella ^a   O'Donnell, Brian D ^a   Shorten, George D ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80053600186     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318228d1c0     Document Type: Article

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