The dose-response of caudal ropivacaine in children

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1339-1344

  Koinig, Herbert ^a   Krenn, Claus G ^b   Glaser, Christian ^b   Marhofer, Peter ^b   Wildling, Eckart ^b   Brunner, Martin ^b   Wallner, Thomas ^b   Grabner, Claudia ^b   Klimscha, Walter ^b   Semsroth, Margot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Bupivacaine; Caudal anesthesia; Duration of analgesia; Pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032963492     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199905000-00018     Document Type: Article

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