The use of patient-controlled boluses of local anaesthetic via a psoas sheath catheter in the management of malignant pain

Pain

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-107

  Douglas, Ian ^a   Bush, Dudley ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Local anaesthetic; Lumbar plexus block; Patient controlled analgesia; Psoas sheath catheter

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; INFUSION PUMP; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SEDATION; TECHNIQUE; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSOAS MUSCLES; SYNDROME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033065525     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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