Differential onset of median nerve block: Randomized, double-blind comparison of mepivacaine and bupivacaine in healthy volunteers

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-521

  Butterworth, John ^a   Ririe, Douglas G ^a   Thompson, R Bruce ^a,b   Walker, Francis O ^a   Jackson, David ^a,c   James, Robert L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PA ^*  (United States)

^c PC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; Anaesthetics local, bupivacaine; Anaesthetics local, mepivacaine; Nerve, differential block; Nerve, transmission

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOUCH;

EID: 0031710722     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.4.515     Document Type: Article

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