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Abbreviations

ARAC:

The Australasian Regional Anaesthesia Collaboration

ASRA:

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

AURORA:

The Australian and New Zealand Registry of Regional Anaesthesia

IOM:

United States Institute of Medicine

IRORA:

The International Registry of Regional Anesthesia

LAST:

Local anesthetic systemic toxicity

PNB:

Peripheral nerve blockade

PNI:

Postoperative nerve injury

RCTs:

Randomized controlled trials

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia

    Michael J. Barrington PhD, MBBS, FANZCA

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Michael J. Barrington PhD, MBBS, FANZCA

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    Brendan T. Finucane

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

    Ban C.H. Tsui

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Barrington, M.J. (2017). Development and Methodology of a Registry of Regional Anaesthesia. In: Finucane, B., Tsui, B. (eds) Complications of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49386-2_26

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