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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > July, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 7

Keys to Success With Ultrasound-guided Nerve Blocks

Increase the speed of performance and the quality of peripheral nerve blocks.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

"I'd be worried, too, if you told me that the anesthetic you were about to give me has a 35 percent chance of not working," says Brian Sites, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiology and director of regional and orthopedic anesthesia at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He's widely regarded as the leader in the use of hand-carried ultrasound to perform nerve blocks.

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