Elastomeric pump reliability in postoperative regional anesthesia: A survey of 430 consecutive devices

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2079-2084

  Remerand, Francis ^a,b   Vuitton, Anne Sophie ^a   Palud, Michel ^a   Buchet, Sylvie ^a   Pourrat, Xavier ^a   Baud, Annick ^a   Laffon, Marc ^a   Fusciardi, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; DROPERIDOL; KETAMINE; KETOPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NEFOPAM; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; ELASTOMER;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CATHETER; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG INFUSION; ELASTOMETRIC PUMP; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFUSION PUMP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERINEURAL CATHETER; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ELASTOMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149295449     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318187c9bb     Document Type: Article

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