Effects of Local Anesthetic Concentration and Dose on Continuous Interscalene Nerve Blocks: A Dual-Center, Randomized, Observer-Masked, Controlled Study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-525

  Le, Linda T ^a   Loland, Vanessa J ^b   Mariano, Edward R ^b   Gerancher, J C ^c   Wadhwa, Anupama N ^d   Renehan, Elizabeth M ^e   Sessler, Daniel I ^f   Shuster, Jonathan J ^g   Theriaque, Douglas W ^g   Maldonado, Rosalita C ^b   Ilfeld, Brian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Continuous interscalene nerve block; Continuous peripheral nerve block; Patient controlled regional analgesia; Perineural local anesthetic infusion

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYCODONE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFICULTY SPEAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSCALENE NERVE BLOCK; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENSATION; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349083521     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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