High intrathecal bupivacaine for severe pain in the head and neck

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 908-913

  Lundborg, C ^a   Dahm, P ^a   Nitescu, P ^a   Biber, B ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CERVICAL PARESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTREMITAL PARESTHESIA; FACIAL PARESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; MOUTH PAIN; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP PATTERN; TACHYCARDIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SLEEP; WALKING;

EID: 67651249527     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01989.x     Document Type: Article

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