The analgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane block after cesarean delivery: A randomized controlled trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 186-191

  McDonnell, John G ^a   Curley, Gerard ^a,b   Carney, John ^a,b   Benton, Aoife ^b   Costello, Joseph ^a   Maharaj, Chrisen H ^a,b   Laffey, John G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 37549046021     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000290294.64090.f3     Document Type: Article

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