Ropivacaine induced acute neurotoxicity after epidural injection

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-135

  Rodolà, Ferdinando ^a   Anastasi, F ^a   Vergari, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurotoxicity; Regional anaesthesia; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL DISORDER; VOCALIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES;

EID: 34249703362     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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