Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of ropivacaine for continuous epidural infusion in neonates and infants

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 739-749

  Bösenberg, Adrian T ^a,b,e   Thomas, Jenny ^b   Cronje, Larissa ^b   Lopez, Tessa ^b   Crean, Peter M ^c   Gustafsson, Urban ^d   Huledal, Gunilla ^d   Larsson, Lars E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidural infusion; Infant; Local anesthesia; Neonate; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

2,6 PIPECOLOXYLIDIDE; 3 HYDROXYROPIVACAINE; DRUG METABOLITE; HALOTHANE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OROSOMUCOID; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; TURBIDIMETRY; AGING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; METABOLISM;

AGING; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OROSOMUCOID; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 32944481520     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01550.x     Document Type: Article

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