Continuous lumbar epidural infusion of levobupivacaine: Effects of small-or large-volume regimen of infusion

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-488

  Danelli, G ^a   Venuti, F S ^b   Zasa, M ^a   Sinardi, D ^b   Fanelli, A ^a   Ghisi, D ^a   Fanelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINOCICEPTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63149142783     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01814.x     Document Type: Article

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