Efficacy of palatal block for analgesia following palatoplasty in children with cleft palate

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 727-733

  Jonnavithula, Nirmala ^a   Durga, Padmaja ^a   Madduri, Vamsikrishna ^a   Ramachandran, Gopinath ^a   Nuvvula, Rambabu ^a   Srikanth, R ^a   Damalcheruvu, Mukunda R ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

anesthetic technique; cleft palate; palate nerve supply; pediatric pain; regional

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL; TRICLOFOS; VECURONIUM;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALATE NERVE BLOCK; PALATOPLASTY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALATE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955193385     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03347.x     Document Type: Article

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