Systemic absorption and block after epidural injection of ropivacaine in healthy volunteers

Anesthesiology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1309-1317

  Emanuelsson, Britt Marie K ^a   Persson, Jan ^b   Alm, Christina ^b   Heller, Agneta ^b   Gustafsson, Lars L ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, epidural; Disposition; Elimination; Isotope technique; Pharmacokinetics; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

PRILOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; TRITIUM;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0031439403     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199712000-00008     Document Type: Article

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