Ropivacaine 0.25% compared with bupivacaine 0.25% by the caudal route

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-233

  Da Conceicao, M J ^a   Coelho, L ^a   Khalil, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL JOANA DE GUSMÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: regional; Anaesthetics local: ropivacaine; Bupivacaine; Caudal; Motor block; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART RATE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032920275     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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