Not all injections are the same

Anesthesiology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1282-1283

  Engel, Andrew J ^a   Kennedy, David J ^a   MacVicar, John ^a   Bogduk, Nikolai ^a  

^a Continental Anesthesia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ACCURACY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; INJECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANALGESICS; BACK PAIN; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84899047219     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000197     Document Type: Letter

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