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Clinical Trial
Air-flow meter assessment of the effect of intercostal nerve blockade on respiratory function in rib fractures.
- V M Pedersen, S Schulze, K Høier-Madsen, and E Halkier.
- Acta Chir Scand. 1983 Jan 1; 149 (2): 119-20.
AbstractThe respiratory effect of intercostal nerve block for pain from fractured ribs was evaluated in a prospective study of ten hospitalized patients. The respiratory function, evaluated with a Glaxo AirFloMeter, showed significant improvement one hour after induction of blockade, but after six hours the effect had subsided.
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