Analgesia and effectiveness of levobupivacaine compared with ropivacaine in patients undergoing an axillary brachial plexus block

AANA Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 339-345

  Cline, Erik ^a,b,c   Franz, Dan ^a,c,d,e   Polley, Robert D ^a,c,f   Maye, John ^a,c,g   Burkard, Joseph ^a,c   Pellegrini, Joseph ^a,h  

^a US Naval Hospital ^*

^b US Naval Hospital   (Japan)

^c Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^d Indian Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Navy Nurse Corps Anesthesia Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Brachial plexus block; Levobupivacaine; Ropivacaine; Transarterial axillary block

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 5344232066     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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