Thoracic epidural analgesia with low concentration of bupivacaine induces thoracic and lumbar sympathetic block: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial

Anesthesiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1107-1112

  Freise, Hendrik ^a,c   Meissner, Andreas ^a   Lauer, Stefan ^a   Ellger, Björn ^b   Radke, Robert ^b   Bruewer, Mathias ^c   Brodner, Gerd ^d   Van Aken, Hugo K ^b   Sielenkämper, Andreas W ^a   Fischer, Lars G ^a  

^a Departmento of Anesthesiology   (Germany)

^b Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Fachklinik Hornheide   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; THERMOGRAPHY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; AGED; BACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THORAX;

EID: 58149296491     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31818db16c     Document Type: Article

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