Color Doppler Ultrasound-guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block to Prevent Vascular Injection

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks are quickly becoming integrated into emergency medicine practice for pain control and as an alternative to procedural sedation. Common, but potentially catastophic errors have not been reported outside of the anesthesiology literature. Evaluation of the brachial plexus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hahn, Christopher, Nagdev, Arun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2014
Materias:
Patient Safety
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25247047
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.5.21716
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Sumario:Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks are quickly becoming integrated into emergency medicine practice for pain control and as an alternative to procedural sedation. Common, but potentially catastophic errors have not been reported outside of the anesthesiology literature. Evaluation of the brachial plexus with color Doppler should be standard for clinicians performing a supraclavicular brachial plexus block to determine ideal block location and prevention of inadvertant intravascular injection.

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