The effect of adjuvant epinephrine concentration on the vasoactivity of the local anesthetics bupivacaine and levobupivacaine in human skin

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Newton, David J ^a   McLeod, Graeme A ^b   Khan, Faisel ^a   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a Vascular Diseases Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Epinephrine concentrations; Levobupivacaine; Vasoactivity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPINEPHRINE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 3242883232     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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