Comparison of bupivacaine and lidocaine with epinephrine for digital nerve blocks

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 347-350

  Alhelail, M ^a,c   Al Salamah, M ^b   Al Mulhim, M ^a   Al Hamid, S ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJECTION PAIN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FINGER; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849106239     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.062497     Document Type: Article

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