Comparative study between tramadol and dexamethasone as an admixture to bupivacaine in supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 168, 2007, Pages 158-164

  Shrestha, Babu Raja ^a   Maharjan, S K ^a   Shrestha, S ^a   Gautam, B ^a   Thapa, C ^a   Thapa, P B ^a   Joshi, M R ^a  

^a KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Brachial plexus; Dexamethasone; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER PAIN; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249098129     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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