New drugs for epidural analgesia

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 696-706

  Congedo, E ^a   Sgreccia, M ^a   De Cosmo, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Dexmedetomidine; Epidural analgesia; Ketamine; Local anesthetics; Neostigmine; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BRADYCARDIA; CANCER PAIN; CARDIOTOXICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG UPTAKE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; NEOSTIGMINE;

EID: 70350776745     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945009788982441     Document Type: Review

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