Portable infusion pumps used for continuous regional analgesia: Delivery rate accuracy and consistency

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 424-432

  Ilfeld, Brian M ^a,b   Morey, Timothy E ^a   Enneking, F Kayser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Continuous nerve block; Continuous regional analgesia; Patient controlled regional analgesia; Perineural infusion; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFUSION PUMP; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERINEURAL CATHETER; PORTABLE INFUSION PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME;

EID: 0141863440     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-7339(03)00226-8     Document Type: Article

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