High-dose bupivacaine, levobupivacaine and ropivacaine in axillary brachial plexus block

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 601-606

  Liisanantti, O ^a   Luukkonen, J ^a   Rosenberg, Per H ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Local anaesthetics, bupivacaine, levobupivacaine, ropivacaine; Regional anaesthesia, brachial plexus block

Indexed keywords

BICAIN; BUPIVACAINE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442586456     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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