Continuous epidural blockade arrests the postoperative decrease in muscle protein fractional synthetic rate in surgical patients

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1033-1040

  Carli, Franco ^a,c   Halliday, Dave ^b  

^a Department of Anaesthesia ^*  (Canada)

^b MRC Nutrition Research Group

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidural; Local anesthetics; Muscle; Protein metabolism; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ENFLURANE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MUSCLE METABOLISM; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

EID: 0030986564     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199705000-00005     Document Type: Article

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