Minimum effective local anaesthetic dose of isobaric levobupivacaine and ropivacaine administered via a spinal catheter for hip replacement surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-242

  Sell, Andres ^a   Olkkola, K T ^b   Jalonen, J ^b   Aantaa, R ^b  

^a TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, spinal; Pharmacology, levobupivacaine; Pharmacology, ropivacaine; Surgery, orthopaedic

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 13444306528     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei015     Document Type: Article

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