The use of low dose plain solutions of local anaesthetic agents for spinal anaesthesia in the prone position: Bupivacaine compared with levobupivacaine

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-18

  Cuvas, O ^a   Gulec, H ^a   Karaaslan, M ^a   Basar, H ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILONIDAL SINUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SENSATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PILONIDAL SINUS; PRONE POSITION; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249091643     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05680.x     Document Type: Article

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