Trial of three methods of intraoperative bupivacaine analgesia for pain after paediatric groin surgery

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1053-1059

  Anatol, Trevor I ^a   Pitt Miller, Phyllis ^a   Holder, Yvette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE TARTRATE; BUPIVACAINE; HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0030712292     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03019226     Document Type: Article

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