A Preoperative Retrobulbar Block in Patients Undergoing Scleral Buckling Reduces Pain, Endogenous Stress Response, and Improves Vigilance

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 521-527

  Vogt, Georg ^a   Heiden, Michael ^b   Lösche, Cay Christian ^b   Lipfert, Peter ^c  

^a Public Health Department   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Postoperative pain; Retrobulbar block; Scleral buckling

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA SURGERY; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; VOMITING;

EID: 0344064134     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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