Intravenous regional phenoxybenzamine in the treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 823-827

  Malik, Vinod K ^b   Inchiosa Jr , Mario A ^a   Mustafa, Kamil ^b   Sanapati, Mahendra ^b   Pimentel Jr , Mariano C ^b   Frost, Elizabeth A M ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adrenergic blockade; Intravenous regional block; Phenoxybenzomine; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (complex regional pain syndrome); Treatment

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; GANGLION BLOCK; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031951499     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199803000-00036     Document Type: Article

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