Local anesthetic volume for peripheral nerve blocks: How low can (or Should) we go?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-241

  McCartney, Colin J L ^a   Patel, Sanjiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER SURGERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; NERVE BLOCK; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84860755952     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31824859f4     Document Type: Editorial

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