Glossopharyngeal nerve block for pain relief after pediatric tonsillectomy: Retrospective analysis and two cases of life-threatening upper airway obstruction from an interrupted trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1232-1238

  Bean Lijewski, J D ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TONSILLECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBOS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0030950391     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199706000-00011     Document Type: Article

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