Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block for analgesia after Caesarean delivery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 726-730

  Belavy, D ^a,b   Cowlishaw, P J ^a   Howes, M ^a   Phillips, F ^a  

^a Mater Misericordiae Health Services   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, obstetric; Anaesthetic techniques, regional

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 74949142607     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep235     Document Type: Article

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