A comparison of 0.5% ropivacaine and 0.5% bupivacaine for axillary brachial plexus anaesthesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 515-520

  McGlade, D P ^a   Kalpokas, M V ^a   Mooney, P H ^a   Chamley, D ^b   Mark, A H ^b   Torda, T A ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques: regional, branchial plexus; Anaesthetics, local: ropivacaine, bupivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TIME; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WRIST;

EID: 0031789347     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9802600507     Document Type: Article

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