Anaesthetists' risk assessment of placebo nerve block studies using the SHAM (Serious Harm and Morbidity) scale

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-366

  Jarman, J ^a   Marks, N ^a   Fahy, C J ^a,b   Costi, D ^a,b   Cyna, A M ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERIOUS HARM AND MORBIDITY SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858341486     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06998.x     Document Type: Article

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