Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) with resistance to local anesthetic block: A case report

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Maneksha, Farrokh R ^a   Mirza, Himayun ^a   Poppers, Paul J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Complex regional pain syndrome; Local; Pediatrics; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG INFUSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; LIDOCAINE; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034115361     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(99)00126-9     Document Type: Article

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