Potentially concerning reason why adding methylprednisolone to local anesthetic may increase the duration of axillary block [1] (multiple letters)

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-115

  Lipman, Zachary J ^a   Isaacson, Sheldon A ^a   Goodman, Evan ^b   Stan, Thomas ^b  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PRESERVATIVE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE DIACETATE;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; LETTER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13244281725     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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