Efficacy of intrathecal bupivacaine: How important is the flow rate?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 248-252

  Buchser, Eric ^a,b   Durrer, Anne ^a   Chédel, Dominique ^a   Mustaki, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Hospital of Morges   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Intrathecal; Local anesthetics

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; EPHEDRINE; HYDROMORPHONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; NEUROTOXICITY; VISCERAL PAIN;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5644295883     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2004.04039.x     Document Type: Article

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