A pilot in vitro evaluation of the "Air Test" for perineural catheter tip localization by a novice regional anesthesiologist

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2197-2200

  Johns, Jason ^a   Harrison, T Kyle ^a   Steffel, Lauren ^a   Howard, Steven K ^a   Kim, T Edward ^a   Kou, Alex ^a   Mariano, Edward R ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Air test; Perineural catheter; Point of care ultrasound; Sensitivity; Specificity; Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CATHETERS; MAMMALS;

IN-VITRO EVALUATION; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POINT OF CARE; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND GUIDED;

TESTING;

AIR; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BOVINE; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PIG; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIR; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS; CATTLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84919397062     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.12.2197     Document Type: Article

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