Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Levobupivacaine with and without Fentanyl after Continuous Epidural Infusion in Children: A Multicenter Trial

Anesthesiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1166-1174

  Lerman, Jerrold ^a,b   Nolan, Judith ^c   Eyres, Rob ^c   Schlly, Mark ^c   Stoddart, Peter ^c   Bolton, Christopher M ^c   Mazzeo, Frank ^c   Wolf, Andrew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAUSEA; PAIN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VOMITING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0242332294     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200311000-00025     Document Type: Article

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