The efficacy of ketorolac as an adjunct to the bier block for controlling postoperative pain following nontraumatic hand and wrist surgery

AANA Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 341-345

  Rivera, Jesse J ^a   Villecco, Dante J ^a   Dehner, Bryan K ^a   Burkard, Joseph F ^c   Osborne, Lisa A ^a   Pellegrini, Joseph E ^b  

^a LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^b Navy Nurse Corps Anesthesia Program   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bier block; Hand surgery; Intravenous regional anesthesia; Ketorolac; Outpatient surgery

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIER BLOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; KETOROLAC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 53749096205     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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