Regional anaesthesia in ambulatory surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 471-476

  Dahl, Vegard ^a   Raeder, Johan ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Discharge; Local anaesthesia; Nausea; Nerve block; Pain; Recovery; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARM INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0142093180     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200310000-00006     Document Type: Review

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