Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block.
With the common use of ultrasound imaging by anesthesiologists, especially for peripheral nerve blocks, this article will review basic physics of ultrasound machine, use of ultrasound in regional anesthesia, review of recent reports in the literature, and the outcome data.
Partownavid
Parisa
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Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1778, USA. ppartownavid@mednet.ucla.edu
D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography