Pediatric caudal block with mepivacaine, bupivacaine or a mixture of both drugs: Requirement for postoperative analgesia and plasma concentration of local anesthetics

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-34

  Hashizume, Yoshitaka ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigeki ^a   Mishio, Mutsuo ^a   Takiguchi, Tetsuo ^a   Okuda, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Kitajima, Toshimitsu ^a,b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*

Author keywords

Anesthesia, pediatric; Anesthetics, local; Bupivacaine; Caudal block; Mepivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MIXTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0035102340     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(00)00242-7     Document Type: Article

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