Intravenous lidocaine is as effective as epidural bupivacaine in reducing ileus duration, hospital stay, and pain after open colon resection: A randomized clinical trial

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 370-376

  Swenson, Brian R ^a   Gottschalk, Antje ^b   Wells, Lynda T ^b   Rowlingson, John C ^b   Thompson, Peter W ^c   Barclay, Margaret ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a,b   Friel, Charles M ^a   Foley, Eugene ^a   Durieux, Marcel E ^b  

^a University Department of Surgery Austin Campus   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG FEVER; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ILEUS; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NAUSEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; ILEUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77954412948     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181e8d5da     Document Type: Article

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