Recurrent persistent hiccups after epidural steroid injection and analgesia with bupivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1834-1836

  McAllister, Russell K ^a   McDavid, Andrew J ^b   Meyer, Tricia A ^b   Bittenbinder, Timothy M ^b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HICCUP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BUPIVACAINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HICCUP; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SPINAL STENOSIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 19044374797     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000153016.82444.20     Document Type: Article

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