A comparison of epinephrine concentrations in local anesthetic solutions using a "wash" versus measured technique

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1243-1245

  Wojciechowski, Kyle G ^a   Avram, Michael J ^a   Raikoff, Kiril ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a   Wong, Cynthia A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; INSULIN; LIDOCAINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYRINGE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYRINGES;

EID: 63849278409     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318199c55c     Document Type: Article

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