Effect of epidural saline washout on regression of sensory and motor block after epidural anaesthesia with 2% lidocaine and fentanyl in elderly patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-276

  Park, E Y ^a   Kil, H K ^a   Park, W S ^a   Lee, N H ^a   Hong, Jeong Yeon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PINPRICK SENSATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SENSATION; SHIVERING; SHOULDER PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VOMITING;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FENTANYL; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 61749086997     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05746.x     Document Type: Article

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