Clinical implications of the transversus abdominis plane block in pediatric anesthesia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 831-840

  Mai, Christine L ^a   Young, Mark J ^a   Quraishi, Sadeq A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

nerve block; pediatric; regional anesthesia; TAP; transversus abdominis plane

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANESTHESIST; APPENDECTOMY; COLOSTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROSTOMY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH TUBE; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84864414886     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03916.x     Document Type: Review

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