The effect of continuous lumbar epidural infusion of ropivacaine (0.1%, 0.2%, and 0.3%) and 0.25% bupivacaine on sensory and motor block in volunteers: A double-blind study

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-25

  Zaric, Dusanka ^a   Nydahl, Per Anders ^a   Philipson, Lennart ^a   Samuelsson, Lars ^a   Heierson, Agneta ^a   Axelsson, Kjell ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

anesthetic technique; bupivacaine; continuous; epidural; local anesthetics; ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TACHYPHYLAXIS; TACTILE STIMULATION; URINE RETENTION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0030071871     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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