Ipsilateral transversus abdominis plane block provides effective analgesia after appendectomy in children: A randomized controlled trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 998-1003

  Carney, John ^a,b   Finnerty, Olivia ^a,b   Rauf, Jassim ^b   Curley, Gerard ^a,b   McDonnell, John G ^a,b   Laffey, John G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; AMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INCISION; IPSILATERAL TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 77957717815     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181ee7bba     Document Type: Article

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