The catheter-over-needle assembly facilitates delivery of a second local anesthetic bolus to prolong supraclavicular brachial plexus block without time-consuming catheterization steps: A randomized controlled study

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 692-699

  Ip, Vivian H Y ^a   Tsui, Ban C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ANESTHETIC CATHETER; ANESTHETIC CATHETER OVER NEEDLE ASSEMBLY; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ANESTHETIC NEEDLE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; OPERATIVE TIME; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84879149529     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-9951-5     Document Type: Article

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