Comparison between instillation of bupivacaine versus caudal analgesia for postoperative analgesia following inguinal herniotomy in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 397-402

  Machotta, Andreas ^a   Risse, Anna ^a   Bercker, Sven ^a   Streich, Rita ^b   Pappert, Dirk ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM ERNST VON BERGMANN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Anaesthetic techniques: general; Caudal and local; Drugs: bupivacaine; Pain: postoperative; Piritramide; Regional

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PIRITRAMIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIOTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIRINITRAMIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0037783897     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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