Analgesia in the immediate postoperative period in infants undergoing inguinal herniorraphy: A comparison between spinal and general anaesthesia

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Das, Basabjit ^a   Batra, Y K ^a   Panda, Nidhi B ^a   Rao, K L N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: General; Infant; Postoperative complications; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; NEOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL;

ANALGESIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VOMITING;

EID: 34247478410     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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