Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of long-term epidural ropivacaine infusion for postoperative analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1322-1330

  Scott, David A ^a   Emanuelsson, Britt Marie ^b   Mooney, Patricia H ^a   Cook, Russell J ^a   Junestrand, Carin ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OROSOMUCOID; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROSOMUCOID; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0031406901     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199712000-00026     Document Type: Article

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