Postoperative analgesia with epidural bupivacaine and low-dose fentanyl - A comparison of two concentrations

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 776-782

  Sjostrom S ^a   Blass J ^a  

^a St Claraspital AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analgesia: postoperative; Analgesics: fentanyl; Anesthetic techniques: epidural; Anesthetics; Local: bupivacaine; Routes: thoracic

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031872573     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05321.x     Document Type: Article

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