Postoperative pain relief in infants undergoing myringotomy and tube placement: Comparison of a novel regional anesthetic block to intranasal fentanyl - A pilot analysis

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1196-1201

  Voronov, Polina ^a   Tobin, Michael J ^b   Billings, Kathleen ^c   Coté, Charles J ^d   Iyer, Aditya ^a   Suresh, Santhanam ^a,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shriner's Hospital   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intranasal fentanyl; Myringotomy tube; Nerve of Arnold block; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCORING SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 55149115338     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02789.x     Document Type: Article

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