Bier block with methylprednisolone and lidocaine in CRPS type I: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 408-412

  Ali Taskaynatan, Mehmet ^a   Ozgul, Ahmet ^a   Kenan Tan, Arif ^a   Dincer, Kemal ^a   Alp Kalyon, Tunc ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bier block; Complex regional pain syndrome; Methylprednisolone

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARM; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FLUSHING; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCOPE; TINNITUS; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EDEMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 4544385775     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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