Pharmacokinetics and analgesic effect of ropivacaine during continuous epidural infusion for postoperative pain relief

Anesthesiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 834-842

  Erichsen, Carl Johan ^a   Sjövall, Jan ^a,b   Kehlet, Henrik ^a,c   Hedlund, Cecilia ^a   Arvidsson, Torbjörn ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques: epidural analgesia; Anesthetics, local: ropivacaine; Pharmacokinetics; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLASMA CLEARANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0030003628     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199604000-00010     Document Type: Article

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