Stability of sufentanil citrate with levobupivacaine HCl in NaCl 0.9% infusion after microwave freeze-thaw treatment

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1836-1839

  Boitquin, Laurence P ^a   Hecq, Jean Daniel ^a   Vanbeckbergen, Danielle F ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^a   Galanti, Laurence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Levobupivacaine; Stability; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUFENTANIL CITRATE;

ARTICLE; COLOR; DRUG MIXTURE; FREEZING; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SHELF LIFE; THAWING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BUPIVACAINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FREEZING; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MICROWAVES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUFENTANIL; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 7044274609     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D564     Document Type: Article

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