Electrocardiographic alterations during intravascular application of three different test doses of bupivacaine and epinephrine: Experimental study in neonatal pigs

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-97

  Mauch, J ^a,b   Kutter, A P N ^c   Madjdpour, C ^b   Koepfer, N ^b   Frotzler, A ^b   Bettschart Wolfensberger, R ^c   Weiss, M ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; Complications; Heart arrhythmia, tachycardia, bradycardia; Heart, conduction; Toxicity, local anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SWINE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 72749100929     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep313     Document Type: Article

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