The effects of clonidine on ropivacaine 0.75% in axillary perivascular brachial plexus block

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-57

  Erlacher, W ^a   Schuschnig, C ^a   Orlicek, F ^a   Marhofer, P ^a   Koinig, H ^a   Kapral, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques; Anesthetics, local; Clonidine; Regional, axillary; Ropivacaine; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033961699     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.440110.x     Document Type: Article

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