Epinephrine markedly improves thoracic epidural analgesia produced by a small-dose infusion of ropivacaine, fentanyl, and epinephrine after major thoracic or abdominal surgery: A randomized, double-blinded crossover study with and without epinephrine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1598-1605

  Niemi, Geir ^a   Breivik, Harald ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FENTANYL; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DERMATOME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; THORAX SURGERY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036258685     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200206000-00044     Document Type: Article

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