Randomized controlled trial of patient-controlled epidural analgesia after orthopaedic surgery with sufentanil and ropivacaine 0.165% or levobupivacaine 0.125%

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-103

  Smet, I ^a   Vlaminck, E ^a   Vercauteren, M ^b  

^a AZ Nikolaas   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Anaesthetics local, stereoisomers; Analgesics opioid, sufentanil; Pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; TRAMADOL; AMIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STEREOISOMERISM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VOMITING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 38449114470     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem309     Document Type: Article

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