Ultrasound-guided forearm nerve blocks in kids: a novel method for pain control in the treatment of hand-injured pediatric patients in the emergency department.

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Ultrasound-guided forearm nerve blocks have been shown to safely reduce pain for emergency procedures in the adult emergency department (ED). Although ultrasonography is widely used for forearm nerve blocks in the adult ED and in the pediatric operating room, no study to date has examined its use in the pediatric emergency setting.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pediatr Emerg Care

Title: Pediatric emergency care

ISSN (Electronic): 1535-1815

ISSN (Print): 0749-5161

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2015

Volume: 31

Issue: 4

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[1 ] From the *Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, †Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and ‡Division of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000398

PubMed ID: 25803747

SO-VID: 6998a276-6a06-4315-b65f-14062aa7430c

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