Comparison of three techniques for ultrasound-guided femoral nerve catheter insertion: A randomized, blinded trial

Anesthesiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-248

  Farag, Ehab ^a   Atim, Abdulkadir ^b,e   Ghosh, Raktim ^b,f   Bauer, Maria ^b,g   Sreenivasalu, Thilak ^b   Kot, Michael ^b   Kurz, Andrea ^b   Dalton, Jarrod E ^c   Mascha, Edward J ^c   Mounir Soliman, Loran ^d   Zaky, Sherif ^d   Ali Sakr Esa, Wael ^d   Udeh, Belinda L ^b   Barsoum, Wael ^b   Sessler, Daniel I ^b  

^a Departments of General Anesthesiology and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Quantitative Health Sciences and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^d Department of General Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^e GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^f St Vincent Charity Medical Center   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; TAPENTADOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL NEEDLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NERVE CATHETER INSERTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NERVE BLOCK CATHETER; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CATHETERIZATION; COST CONTROL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904988105     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000262     Document Type: Article

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