72-Hour epidural infusion of 0.125% levobupivacaine following total knee replacement: A prospective, randomized, controlled,multicenter evaluation

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Casati, Andrea ^a   Ostroff, Randall ^b   Casimiro, Carlos ^c   Faluhelyi, Aniko ^d   Medina, Juan ^e   Fanelli, Guido ^a,f,r   Bakò, Emese ^d   Danelli, Giorgio ^f   Gennari, Antonia ^f   Di Cianni, Simone ^f   Illes, Sandor ^g   Kerenyi, Illona ^h   Kamarás, Gabriella ^h   Kovacs, Xenia ^b   Riobo, Isabel ^e   Fernandez, Santiago ^e   Montero, Antonio ⁱ   Domingo, Tomás ⁱ   Papp, Tamas ^j   Schmidt, Rita ^j   Pérez, Concepcion ^k   Tapia, Blanca ^k   Valera, Carlos ^k   Cornejo, Delia ^k   Rey, Francisco ^l   Tobìo, Ignacio ^l   Bobillo, Bélen ^l   Rodrigo, Javier ^m   Leal, Victorino ^m   Aranzubia, Monserrat ^m   Lopez Timoneda, Francisco ⁿ   Tato, Siro ⁿ   Durán, Lourdes ⁿ   Hurtado, Jesus ⁿ   Santé, Luis ⁿ   Marugán, Jose ⁿ   Torri, Giorgio ^o   Santorsola, Roberta ^o   Unnebrink, Kristina ^p   Nehrdich, Detlef ^p   Varga, Eva ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (Spain)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e HOSPITAL DE CONXO   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g Orszagos Baleseti es Surgossegi Intezet Hungary   (Hungary)

^h Országos Gyermek egészségügyi Intézet   (Hungary)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^j Hospital de Conxo ^*  (Hungary)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

^m Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^o VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^p ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^q ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Analgesic; Epidural; Intravenous infusion; Levobupivacaine; Local anesthetic; Morphine; Patient controlled; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYCARDIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VOMITING;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48749115598     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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