Serratus anterior plane block for multiple rib fractures

Pain Physician

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Kunhabdulla, Nishad Poolayullathil ^a   Agarwal, Anil ^a   Gaur, Atul ^b   Gautam, Sujeet Kumar Singh ^a   Gupta, Rakhi ^a   Agarwal, Amita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; OBESITY; RIB FRACTURE; SERRATUS ANTERIOR PLANE BLOCK; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHEST PAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 84904676355     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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