Bupivacaine 0.125% produces motor block and weakness with fentanyl epidural analgesia in children

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1054-1060

  Carr, Alison S ^a,b   Fear, David W ^a   Sikich, Nancy ^a   Bissonnette, Bruno ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INNERVATION; LEG; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032200411     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012391     Document Type: Article

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