Potency Ratios for Local Anesthetics in Regional Blocks: How Long Must We Wait?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Butterworth IV, John F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; CLONIDINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; ULNAR NERVE;

AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 37249028749     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.08.008     Document Type: Editorial

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