The creation of an objective assessment tool for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia using the delphi method

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-333

  Cheung, Jeffrey J H ^a,b   Chen, Ewen W ^a   Darani, Rosemin ^a   McCartney, Colin J L ^a   Dubrowski, Adam ^b   Awad, Imad T ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DELPHI STUDY; GLOBAL RATING SCALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LEARNING CURVE; MOTOR SKILLS; ONTARIO; PATIENT POSITIONING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84860713673     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318246f63c     Document Type: Article

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