Comparison of 0.5% ropivacaine and 0.5% bupivacaine in lumbar epidural anaesthesia for lower limb orthopaedic surgery

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 262-266

  McGlade, D P ^a   Kalpokas, M V ^a   Mooney, P H ^a   Buckland, M R ^b   Vallipuram, S K ^b   Hendrata, M V ^b   Torda, T A ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques: epidural; Anaesthetics, local: ropivacaine, bupivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030852222     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9702500310     Document Type: Article

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