"Mock before you block": an in-built action-check to prevent wrong-side anaesthetic nerve blocks.
Whereas the seriousness of wrong-site surgery is long established, the notion of wrong-side anaesthetic nerve block as an adverse event is more recent; probably published first by Edmonds et al. in 2005. As a preventive measure, they suggested a ‘pre-anaesthetic check’ equivalent to the pre-operativ...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016
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