Intravenous guanethidine in patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1216-1222

  Kaplan, R ^a,b   Claudio, M ^b   Kepes, E ^a,b   Gu, X F ^b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Statistical Department   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; Bier block; guanethidine; pain; sympathectomy; sympathetic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

GUANETHIDINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0029800908     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb05553.x     Document Type: Article

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