Pain relief using continuous bupivacaine infusion in the paravertebral space after loin incision

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1369-1373

  Awwad, Ziad M ^a   Atiyat, Bashir A ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JORDAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7244244108     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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