Efficacy of single-dose, multilevel paravertebral nerve blockade for analgesia after thoracoscopic procedures

Anesthesiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1047-1053

  Hill, Steven E ^a,b   Keller, Rebecca A ^a   Stafford Smith, Mark ^a   Grichnik, Katherine ^a   White, William D ^a   D'Amico, Thomas A ^a   Newman, Mark F ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAVERTEBRAL NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORACOSCOPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SAMPLE SIZE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33646818026     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200605000-00022     Document Type: Article

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