Incidence of local anesthetic systemic toxicity and postoperative neurologic symptoms associated with 12,668 ultrasound-guided nerve blocks: An analysis from a prospective clinical registry

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 478-482

  Sites, Brian Daniel ^a   Taenzer, Andreas H ^a   Herrick, Michael D ^a   Gilloon, Constance ^a   Antonakakis, John ^a   Richins, Janeen ^a   Beach, Michael L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; ULTRASOUND; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84865777559     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31825cb3d6     Document Type: Article

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