What concentration of sufentanil should be combined with ropivacaine 0.2% wt/vol for postoperative patient-controlled epidural analgesia?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 649-657

  Brodner, Gerhard ^a   Mertes, Norbert ^a   Van Aken, Hugo ^a   Möllhoff, Thomas ^a   Zahl, Matthias ^a   Wirtz, Stefan ^a   Marcus, Marco A E ^a   Buerkle, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; VOMITING;

EID: 0034006108     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200003000-00027     Document Type: Article

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