Central blocks with levobupivacaina in children

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 339-345

  Ingelmo, Pablo M ^a,b,c   Fumagalli, R ^a,b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caudal anesthesia; Child; Epidural anesthesia; Levobupivacaine; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 21644444879     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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