The addition of epinephrine increases intensity of sensory block during epidural anesthesia with lidocaine

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 541-546

  Sakura, Shinichi ^a   Sumi, Mariko ^a   Morimoto, Noriko ^a   Saito, Yoji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural; Epinephrine; Lidocaine; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DRUG MIXTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY NERVE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032755635     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-7339(99)90046-9     Document Type: Article

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