An observational study of the 'isolated forearm technique' in unparalysed, spontaneously breathing patients.
The isolated forearm technique enables a patient, otherwise paralysed by neuromuscular blockade, to communicate by movement if wakeful during surgery. The positive response rate to verbal command is high (~32%). The 5th National Audit Project recommended that this monitoring technique should become...
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Wiley
2015
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