A prospective, randomized comparison between double-, triple-, and quadruple-injection ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-253

  Tran, De Q H ^a   Pham, Kevin ^a   Dugani, Shubada ^a   Finlayson, Roderick J ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 84860781686     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31824611bf     Document Type: Article

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