Pharmacokinetics of three doses of epidural ropivacaine during hysterectomy and comparison with bupivacaine

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 843-849

  Sandler, A N ^a,b,f   Arlander, E ^a,c   Finucane, B T ^a,d   Taddio, A ^a,e   Chan, V ^a,b   Milner, A ^a,d   Callahan Enright, S O ^a,d   Friedlander, M ^a,b   Muzyka, D ^a,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DYSURIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0032413168     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012217     Document Type: Article

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