Anoushka Afonso, Yaakov Beilin
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Journal of clinical anesthesia 2013 JunSupraclavicular brachial plexus block is commonly used for upper extremity surgery. Respiratory arrest in three patients with end-stage renal disease after ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block for creation of an arteriovenous graft over a 6-month period is presented. Patients with renal failure may represent a group at particular risk for respiratory failure following supraclavicular brachial plexus block. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Anoushka Afonso, Yaakov Beilin. Respiratory arrest in patients undergoing arteriovenous graft placement with supraclavicular brachial plexus block: a case series. Journal of clinical anesthesia. 2013 Jun;25(4):321-3
PMID: 23830847
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