The effect of age on sciatic nerve block duration

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 588-592

  Hanks, R Kyle ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^b   Nielsen, Karen C ^b   Steele, Susan M ^b   Tucker, Marcy ^b   Warner, David S ^b   King, Kathryn P ^b   Klein, Stephen M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; FENTANYL; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIATIC NERVE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 31444452745     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000189552.85175.db     Document Type: Article

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