Central nervous system side effects are less important after iv regional anesthesia with ropivacaine 0.2% compared to lidocaine 0.5% in volunteers

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-172

  Atanassoff, Peter G ^a   Hartmannsgruber, Maximilian W B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; LIPID SOLUBILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOURNIQUET; VENOUS BLOOD; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036187611     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03020490     Document Type: Article

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