Supracondylar radial nerve block for treatment of distal radius fractures in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-388

  Frenkel, Oron ^a   Herring, Andrew A ^a   Fischer, Jason ^a   Carnell, Jennifer ^a   Nagdev, Arun ^a,b  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

nerve block; radius fractures; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SPLINT; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COLLES' FRACTURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; RADIAL NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80054701521     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.11.043     Document Type: Article

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