The median effective dose of bupivacaine, levobupivacaine, and ropivacaine after intrathecal injection in lower limb surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1331-1334

  Lee, Ying Y ^a,b   Ngan Kee, Warwick D ^a   Fong, Siu Y ^b   Liu, John T C ^b   Gin, Tony ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG POTENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION;

AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION;

EID: 70349576975     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b1912b     Document Type: Article

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