The stability of lidocaine and epinephrine solutions exposed to electric current and comparative administration rates of the two drugs into pig bladder wall

Urological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-176

  Di Stasi, Savino M ^a   Giannantoni, Antonella ^b   Navarra, Pierluigi ^c   Massoud, Renato ^a   Zavaglia, Daniela ^a   Bertucci, Pierfrancesco ^a   Vespasiani, Giuseppe ^a   Stephen, Robert L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Physion Laboratories   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electric current; Epinephrine; Lidocaine; Stability; Transport rates

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTRICITY; EPINEPHRINE; LIDOCAINE; SOLUTIONS; SWINE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0042062509     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-003-0310-9     Document Type: Article

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