Investigation of systemic bupivacaine toxicity using the in situ perfused working heart-brainstem preparation of the rat

Anesthesiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1550-1556

  Pickering, Anthony E ^a   Waki, Hidefumi ^b   Headley, P Max ^b   Paton, Julia F R ^b  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BUPIVACAINE; RINGER SOLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; BUPIVACAINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036899764     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200212000-00030     Document Type: Article

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