A prospective randomized pragmatic double-blinded comparison of 0.125% and 0.0625% bupivacaine for the management of pain after operation in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery

Acute Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Duncan, F ^a   Cupitt, J ^a   Haigh, C ^b   Vernon, P ^a   Marshall, J ^a   Nield, A ^a  

^a BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Bupivacaine and diamorphine; Orthostatic hypotension; Postoperative pain; Regional; Thoracic epidural

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DIAMORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 23944504712     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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