Pregnancy does not increase susceptibility to bupivacaine in spinal root axons

Anesthesiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 610-616

  Dietz, Friederike B ^a   Jaffe, Richard A ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Conduction block; dorsal root axons; Local anesthetics; Pregnancy; Rat; Ventral root axons

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL ROOT;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0030751450     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199709000-00022     Document Type: Article

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