Effect of age on the clinical profile and systemic absorption and disposition of levobupivacaine after epidural administration

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 512-520

  Simon, M J G ^a   Veering, B T ^a   Stienstra, R ^a   van Kleef, J W ^a   Burm, A G L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age factors; Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Anaesthetics local, levobupivacaine; Pharmacodynamics, levobupivacaine; Pharmacokinetics, levobupivacaine; Pharmacology, levobupivacaine

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; TEMAZEPAM; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANATOMY; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGING; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HALF LIFE TIME; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SENSATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; SENSATION;

EID: 5444266748     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh241     Document Type: Article

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