Ultrasound-guided continuous thoracic paravertebral block for outpatient acute pain management of multilevel unilateral rib fractures

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 255-257

  Murata, Hiroaki ^a   Salviz, Emine Aysu ^a   Chen, Stephanie ^a   Vandepitte, Catherine ^a,b   Hadzic, Admir ^a  

^a St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLAVICLE PAIN; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTINUOUS THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NERVE BLOCK; OUTPATIENT CARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INJURY; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; OUTPATIENT; VERTEBRA;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BICYCLING; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RIB FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84871949730     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31826f5e25     Document Type: Article

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