Ropivacaine: The new local anesthetic

Seminars in Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Leisure, G S ^a   DiFazio, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; ETIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ANEMIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSURIA; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029882014     PISSN: 02770326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-0326(96)80002-X     Document Type: Article

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