Efficacy and plasma levels of ropivacaine for children: Controlled regional analgesia following lower limb surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-254

  Duflo, Frederic ^a   Sautou Miranda, V ^b   Pouyau, A ^a   Taylor, P ^a   Combet, S ^a   Chotel, F ^a   Bleyzac, N ^a   Chassard, D ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics local; Analgesia; Children; Pain; Postoperative; Regional; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747340814     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael145     Document Type: Article

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