Regional anesthesia for postoperative pain control in children: Focus on continuous central and perineural infusions

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-114

  Ivani, Giorgio ^a   Mossetti, Valeria ^a  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Epidural anaesthesia; Levobupivacaine, therapeutic use; Nerve block; Postoperative pain, treatment; Regional anaesthesia; Ropivacaine, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; KETAMINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; APNEA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CARDIOTOXICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVULSION; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PEDIATRICS; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 40949095692     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200810020-00005     Document Type: Review

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