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A modification of Bier's intravenous analgesia
Author(s) -
FINLAY HAMISH
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1977.tb11637.x
Subject(s) - medicine
Prior to the administration of a "Bier's block", painless exsanguination of the limb, even in the presence of a displaced Colles' fracture, can be achieved with the use of an orthopaedic pneumatic splint.