Caudal block in children: Ropivacaine compared with bupivacaine

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1279-1284

  Khalil, Samia ^a   Campos, Carlos ^a   Farag, Adel M ^a   Vije, Hadassah ^a   Ritchey, Michael ^a   Chuang, Alice ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aminoamide local anesthetic; Postoperative analgesia; R and S enantiomers

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REFLEX; SENSATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032704011     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199911000-00018     Document Type: Article

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