Changes in acral blood flux under local application of ropivacaine and lidocaine with and without an adrenaline additive: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-288

  Häfner, Hans Martin ^a,b   Schmid, Ute ^a   Moehrle, Matthias ^a   Strölin, Anke ^a   Breuninger, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Blood perfusion; Finger; Local anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 42049105989     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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