Are patients satisfied after peripheral nerve blockade? Results from an international registry of regional anesthesia

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-55

  Ironfield, Craig M ^a   Barrington, Michael J ^a,b   Kluger, Roman ^a   Sites, Brian ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMFORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKADE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892147280     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000038     Document Type: Article

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