Epidural fentanyl speeds the onset of sensory and motor blocks during epidural ropivacaine anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1834-1837

  Cherng, Chen Hwan ^a   Yang, Chih Ping ^b   Wong, Chih Shung ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SHIVERING; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

EID: 28344457620     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000184131.06529.35     Document Type: Article

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