Continuous paravertebral block for pain relief in unilateral multiple rib fracture: A case series

Acute Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Shukla, Aditya Nath ^a,b   Ghaffar, Zainab Bt Abdul ^b   Auang, Ang Chin ^b   Rajah, Usha ^b   Tan, Lawrance ^b  

^a ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Seberang Jaya   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Analgesic technique; Bupivacaine infusion; Continuous regional analgesic technique; Multiple rib fracture; Paravertebal analgesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; COUGHING; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NERVE BLOCK; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 41249101203     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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