Pulse transit time as a quick predictor of a successful axillary brachial plexus block

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1228-1233

  Kortekaas, M C ^a   Niehof, S P ^a   Van Velzen, M H N ^a   Galvin, E M ^a   Huygen, F J P M ^a   Stolker, R J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PRILOCAINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXIAL BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCKING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY LEAD; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE TRANSIT TIME; PULSE WAVE; R WAVE; RESPONSE TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867582210     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2012.02746.x     Document Type: Article

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