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Complications of Regional Anesthesia pp 167–185Cite as

Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks Safe Practice and Management

Keywords

  • Peripheral nerve block
  • Continuous peripheral nerve block
  • Catheter
  • Local anesthetic
  • Systemic toxicity
  • Infection
  • Anticoagulation
  • Needle/catheter assembly
  • Neurologic injury
  • Falls

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van Geffen, GJ., Bruhn, J. (2017). Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks Safe Practice and Management. In: Finucane, B., Tsui, B. (eds) Complications of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49386-2_10

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