Epidural saline solution prior to local anaesthetic produces differential nerve block

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1091-1093

  Okutomi, Toshiyuki ^a   Hoka, Sumio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ABDOMEN; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COLD; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0032197791     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012397     Document Type: Article

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