Pain relief by dexamethasone as an adjuvant to local anaesthetics in supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-288

  Golwala, M P ^a   Swadia, V N ^a   Dhimar, Aditi A ^a   Sridhar, N V ^a  

^a Baroda Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Dexamethasone; Local anaesthetics; Supraclavicular block

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 67650555746     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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