A closer look at the new local anesthetics

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-216

  Stienstra, R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analgesia: postoperative, epidural; Anesthesia: regional, obstetrics; Anesthetics, local: levobupivacaine, ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

CARDIOTOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BUPIVACAINE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0033400511     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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