The duration of action of bupivacaine, levobupivacaine, ropivacaine and pethidine in peripiheral nerve block in the rat

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1346-1352

  Dyhre, H ^a   Lang M ^a   Wallin, R ^a   Renck, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Duration of sensory block; Infraorbital nerve block; Levobupivacaine; Local anesthetics; Meperidine; Narcotics; Nerve block; Ropivacaine; Sciatic nerve block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PETHIDINE; ROPIVACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENANTIOMER; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030722218     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1997.tb04656.x     Document Type: Article

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