Increasing the injection volume by dilution improves the onset of motor blockade, but not sensory blockade of ropivacaine for brachial plexus block

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-25

  Krenn, H ^a   Deusch E , ^a,c   Balogh B , ^a,b   Jellinek, H ^a   Oczenski, W ^a   Plainer Zochling E ^a   Fitzgerald, R D ^a  

^a City Hospital Lainz   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia conduction, anaesthesia, local; Anaesthetics, local, ropivacaine; Spinal nerves, brachial plexus

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INJECTION VOLUME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOUCH;

AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; TOUCH;

EID: 0037229673     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503000048     Document Type: Article

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