Non-stationary pharmacokinetics of bupivacaine during continuous interpleural infusion

Acute Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Schug, Stephan A ^a,b   Payne, Julene P ^a,b   Baker, Paul ^a,b   Holford, Nicholas HG ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bupivacaine; cholecystectomy; continuous infusion; interpleural analgesia; pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013513338     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-0071(97)80030-7     Document Type: Article

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