Comparison of ropivacaine and lidocaine for intravenous regional anesthesia in volunteers: A preliminary study on anesthetic efficacy and blood level

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1602-1608

  Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Weisbrod, Mitchell J ^b   Kaszas, Zsuzsanna ^b   Dragomir, Camelia ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bier's block; Local anesthetics; Therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE;

EID: 0032984096     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199906000-00016     Document Type: Article

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