Effect of sympathetic nerve block on acute inflammatory pain and hyperalgesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 293-301

  Pedersen, Juri L ^a   Rung, George W ^b   Kehlet, Henrik ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

acute pain; Hyperalgesia; sympathetic nerve block; sympathetic nervous system and acute pain; thermal injury

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031044134     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199702000-00004     Document Type: Article

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