Epinephrine, potassium and the electrocardiogram during regional anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 132-137

  Hahn, R G ^a   Lofgren A ^a  

^a Sabbatsberg Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Analgesia; Blood; Chemical analysis; Electrocardiography; Epidural; Epinephrine; General; Intercostal nerve block; Potassium

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; POTASSIUM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; T WAVE;

ABDOMEN; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; LINEAR MODELS; NERVE BLOCK; POTASSIUM; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0344002686     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2000.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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