A comparison of bilateral infraorbital nerve block with intravenous fentanyl for analgesia following cleft lip repair in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-139

  Rajamani, Arvind ^a,b   Kamat, Vijaylakshmi ^a   Rajavel, Vardaraja Ponnambalam ^a   Murthy, Jyotsna ^a   Hussain, Syed Altaf ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care 'Saranam' ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cleft lip repair; Infraorbital nerve block; Pediatric anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYCARDIA;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846159103     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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