Pharmacokinetics of levobupivacaine 0.25% following caudal administration in children under 2 years of age

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-222

  Chalkiadis, George A ^a   Eyres, R L ^a   Cranswick, N ^a   Taylor, R H ^b   Austin, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, paediatric; Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Anaesthetics, local; Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETER; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0742324387     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh051     Document Type: Article

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