Total plasma concentrations of bupivacaine, levobupivacaine and ropivacaine after combined psoas compartment-sciatic nerve block

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1083-1085

  De Leeuw, Marcel A ^a,b   Bet, Pierre M ^a   Wilhelm, Abraham J ^a   Vos, Rene M ^a   Hoeksema, Martijn ^a,b   De Lange, Jaap J ^a   Zuurmond, Wouter W A ^a   Perez, Roberto S G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

DRUG ABSORPTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NERVE BLOCK; PSOAS MUSCLE; SCIATIC NERVE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PSOAS MUSCLES; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77449146510     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283308e07     Document Type: Letter

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