Midazolam with bupivacaine for improving analgesia quality in brachial plexus block for upper limb surgeries

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 674-678

  Laiq, Nasreen ^a,c   Khan, Mohammad Naeem ^a   Arif, Mohammad ^a   Khan, Shahid ^b  

^a PGMI   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus block; Bupivacaine; Midazolam; Supraclavicular block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; TRAMADOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SENSORY EVALUATION;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 57549101503     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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