Bupivacaine inhibits whole blood coagulation in vitro

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 326-330

  Kohrs, Rainer ^a   Hoenemann, Christian W ^a,b   Feirer, Nicola ^a   Durieux, Marcel E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated clotting time; Bupivacaine; Epidural anesthesia; Thromboelastography; Thromboxane receptor

Indexed keywords

7 [3 [(4 PHENYLSEMICARBAZIDO)METHYL] 7 OXABICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPT 2 YL] 5 HEPTENOIC ACID; BUPIVACAINE; THROMBOXANE A2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032764345     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115550-199924040-00008     Document Type: Article

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