Dexamethasone added to lidocaine prolongs axillary brachial plexus blockade

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 263-267

  Movafegh, Ali ^a,c   Razazian, Mehran ^a   Hajimaohamadi, Fatemeh ^a   Meysamie, Alipasha ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 29844452487     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000189055.06729.0a     Document Type: Article

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