Lumbar sympathetic blockade in children with complex regional pain syndromes: A double blind placebo-controlled crossover trial

Anesthesiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 372-380

  Meier, Petra M ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Berde, Charles B ^a   Sethna, Navil F ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 68249160837     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181aaea90     Document Type: Article

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