title: Development of a standardized peripheral nerve block procedure note form.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite the tremendous growth of peripheral nerve blocks, no standard format exists to document their performance. Our objective was to create a peripheral nerve block form based on key elements of literature evidence and on our own group consensus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We describe the process and results of our multi-institutional effort to construct a standardized peripheral nerve block procedure form.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A form was developed to help meet the medical, legal, and billing requirements of documentation consistent with the performance of peripheral nerve block.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1009, USA. jgeranch@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gerancher
authors.forename: Eugene R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Viscusi
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: Colin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McCartney
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ilfeld
authors.forename: Stuart A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hebl
authors.forename: Admir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadzic
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology