title: Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1778, USA. ppartownavid@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Partownavid
mesh_terms: D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography