Current status and clinical relevance of studies of minimum local-anaesthetic concentration (MLAC)

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-245

  Graf, Bernhard M ^a   Zausig, York ^a   Zink, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Local anaesthetic potency; MLAC; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ANALGESIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM LOCAL ANESTHETIC CONCENTRATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 20444430085     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000169228.68314.07     Document Type: Review

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