Dexamethasone prolongs local analgesia after subcutaneous infiltration of bupivacaine microcapsules in human volunteers

Anesthesiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1331-1335

  Holte, Kathrine ^a   Werner, Mads U ^b   Lacouture, Peter G ^c   Kehlet, Henrik ^a,b  

^a Department of Surgical Gastroenterology ^*  (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036267182     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200206000-00011     Document Type: Article

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