Intrathecal betamethasone pain relief in cancer patients with vertebral metastasis: A pilot study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 490-494

  Inada, T ^a   Kushida, A ^a   Sakamoto, S ^a   Taguchi, H ^a   Shingu, K ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cerebrospinal fluid; Interleukin 8; Intrathecal betamethasone; Pain; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MORPHINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE METASTASIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DINOPROSTONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33947191672     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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