Ultrasound-guided upper extremity blocks-tips and tricks to improve the clinical practice

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Marhofer, Peter ^a   Willschke, Harald ^a   Kettner, Stephan C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

brachial plexus blockade; children; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; INFECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; INFECTION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 82655168720     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03744.x     Document Type: Review

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