Comparative local anesthetic efficacy and pharmacokinetics of epidurally administered ropivacaine and bupivacaine in the sheep

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 451-460

  Feldman, Hal S ^a,c   Dvoskin, Sofya ^a   Halldin, Magnus H ^a   Ask, Anna Lena ^b   Doucette, Ann Marie ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Epidural anesthesia; Local anesthetics; Ropivacaine; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0030753411     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(97)80033-8     Document Type: Article

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