Pulmonary function changes after interscalene brachial plexus anesthesia with 0.5% and 0.75% ropivacaine: A double-blinded comparison with 2% mepivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 587-592

  Casati, Andrea ^a,b   Fanelli, Guido ^a   Cedrati, Valeria ^a   Berti, Marco ^a   Aldegheri, Giorgio ^a   Torri, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

EID: 0033016229     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199903000-00024     Document Type: Article

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