Rapid injection of epidural mepivacaine speeds the onset of nerve blockade

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-284

  Kanai, Akifumi ^a   Suzuki, Asaha ^a   Hoka, Sumio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INFUSION; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 18644366004     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016064     Document Type: Article

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