Hyperbaric spinal ropivacaine: A comparison to bupivacaine in volunteers

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 971-977

  McDonald, Susan B ^b   Liu, Spencer S ^a   Kopacz, Dan J ^b   Stephenson, Carol A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Potency; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERBARISM; HYPOTENSION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032926739     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199904000-00007     Document Type: Article

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