The pharmacokinetics of ropivacaine after four different techniques of brachial plexus blockade

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1008-1014

  Rettig, H C ^a   Lerou, J G C ^b   Gielen, M J M ^b   Boersma, E ^c   Burm, A G L ^d  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 34548646018     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05197.x     Document Type: Article

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