Outcome after regional anesthesia: Weighing risks and benefits

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 610-618

  Lirk, P ^a   Hollmann, M W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anesthesia, local; Pain management

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NOTE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTEMIC DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904503347     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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