A comparison of levobupivacaine 0.125%, fentanyl 4 μg/ml, or their combination for patient-controlled epidural analgesia after major orthopedic surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1497-1503

  Kopacz, Dan J ^a   Sharrock, Nigel E ^b   Allen, Hugh W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0032705086     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199912000-00034     Document Type: Article

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