An in vitro study to evaluate the utility of the "air test" to infer perineural catheter tip location

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 529-533

  Kan, Jack M ^a,b   Kyle Harrison, T ^a,b   Edward Kim, T ^a,b   Howard, Steven K ^a,b   Kou, Alex ^a,b   Mariano, Edward R ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air test; Perineural catheter; Sensitivity; Specificity; Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CATHETERS; ULTRASONICS;

AIR INJECTION; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; IN-VITRO; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PLACEMENT ACCURACY; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE; ULTRASOUND-GUIDED;

TESTING;

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFUSION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

AIR; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATTLE; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84874619890     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.3.529     Document Type: Article

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