Use of perfusion index from pulse oximetry to determine efficacy of stellate ganglion block

Local and Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-14

  Yamazaki, Hajime ^a   Nishiyama, Junichi ^a   Suzuki, Toshiyasu ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Perfusion index; Peripheral perfusion; Pulse oximetry; Skin microcirculation; Stellate ganglion block

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERNIA; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PERFUSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84859152997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/LRA.S30257     Document Type: Article

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