Factors affecting the spread and duration of epidural anesthesia with ropivacaine

Anesthesiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 451-460

  Higuchi, Hideyuki ^a   Adachi, Yushi ^b   Kazama, Tomiei ^b  

^a Self Defense Force Hanshin Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA DURATION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CEPHALAD BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DURA MATER; DURAL SURFACE AREA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL FAT VOLUME; EPIDURAL VENOUS PLEXUS BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MODIFIED BROMAGE SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEAK SENSORY BLOCK LEVEL; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHASE CONTRAST NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINPRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE AREA; VOLUMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 3343010336     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200408000-00027     Document Type: Article

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