The American society of regional anesthesia and pain medicine, the European society of regional anaesthesia and pain therapy, and the Asian Australasian federation of pain societies joint committee recommendations for education and training in ultrasound-guided interventional pain procedures

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 657-664

  Narouze, Samer N ^a   Provenzano, David ^b   Peng, Philip ^c   Eichenberger, Urs ^d   Lee, Sang Chul ^e   Nicholls, Barry ^f   Moriggl, Bernhard ^g  

^a Summa Western Reserve Hospital   (United States)

^b Ohio Valley General Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Klinik St Anna   (Switzerland)

^e Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^f MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; TEACHING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CREDENTIALING; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84868293645     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318269c189     Document Type: Article

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