The effect of sedation on diagnostic validity of facet joint nerve blocks: An evaluation to assess similarities in population with involvement in cervical and lumbar regions (ISRCTNo:76376497)

Pain Physician

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a,c   Damron, Kim S ^c   McManus, Carla D ^c   Jackson, Sheila D ^c   Barnhill, Renee C ^c   Martin, Jennifer C ^c  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Ambulatory Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Confounding factors; Controlled comparative local anesthetic blocks; Facet joint pain; False positives; Spinal pain

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SPINAL PAIN; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33144488212     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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