Dexamethasone added to mepivacaine prolongs the duration of analgesia after supraclavicular brachial plexus blockade

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 422-426

  Parrington, Simon J ^a   O'Donnell, Dermot ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Brown Shreves, Danielle ^a   Subramanyam, Rajeev ^a   Qu, Melody ^a   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY EVALUATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957597279     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181e85eb9     Document Type: Article

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