A comparison of levobupivacaine 0.5% and racemic bupivacaine 0.5% for extradural anesthesia for caesarean section

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 394-400

  Faccenda, Kathryne A ^a   Simpson, Alison M ^b   Henderson, Duncan J ^b   Smith, Drew ^b   McGrady, Elizabeth M ^b   Morrison, Lachlan M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caesarean delivery; Extradural; Levobupivacaine; Local anesthetics; Obstetrics; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOTOXICITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; STEREOISOMERISM; TACHYPNEA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141863444     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-7339(03)00223-2     Document Type: Article

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