Midazolam improves postoperative epidural analgesia with continuous infusion of local anaesthetics

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 551-555

  Nishiyama, Tomoki ^a,c,d   Yokoyama, Takeshi ^b   Hanaoka, Kazuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Harbor Univ California Los A

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; NITROUS OXIDE; PANCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTRECTOMY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031826402     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012706     Document Type: Article

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