A comparison of three different concentrations of levobupivacaine for caudal block in children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 368-371

  Ivani, Giorgio ^a   De Negri, Pasquale ^c   Lonnqvist, Per Arne ^b   Eksborg, Staffan ^b   Mossetti, Valeria ^a   Grossetti, Roberto ^a   Italiano, Simona ^a   Rosso, Franca ^a   Tonetti, Federica ^a   Codipietro, Luigi ^a  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Karolinska Institute ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0042347889     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000068881.01031.09     Document Type: Article

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