Levobupivacaine plus fentanyl versus racemic bupivacaine plus fentanyl in epidural anaesthesia for lower limb surgery

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 381-391

  Casimiro, Cesar ^a   Rodrigo, J ^b   Mendiola, M A ^c,f   Rey, F ^d,j   Barrios, A ^a   Gilsanz, F ^e,g   Aguilar, J L ^h   Leal, V ⁱ   Tobio I ^j   de Andres J ^k   Moliner, S ^k   Pelegrin F ^l   Ferrer, Ma A ^l   Vivo C ^l   Torres, L M ^m   Martinez, E ^m   Aragon F ^m   Baeza, C ^e   Garcia Higueras E ^e   Canet, J ⁿ   Llorente, Cavadonga ⁿ   Campa, Ruiz R ^o   Calles, Ma D ^o   Ortigosa, E ^o   Usan L ^a   Ledesma, Ma A ^a   Martin Ma T ^a   more..

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (Spain)

^b Grupo de Trabajo Ecografía SoMaMFyC   (Spain)

^c Pain Clinic   (Spain)

^d Complejo Hospitalario de Vigo ^*  (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^f Clínica Palma Planas   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^h Clínica Femenías   (Spain)

ⁱ Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^o HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, epidural; Bupivacaine, analogs and derivatives; Levobupivacaine; Lower extremities, surgery; Nerve block

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RIGOR; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SKIN DISEASE; TENDON RUPTURE; TOE MALFORMATION; URINE RETENTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 48749102751     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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