Low-dose, low-concentration levobupivacaine plus fentanyl selective spinal anesthesia for knee arthroscopy: A dose finding study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 477-480

  De Santiago, Jesus ^a   Santos Yglesias, Javier ^a   Giron, Jorge ^a   Jimenez, Alejandro ^b   Errando, Carlos L ^c  

^a Hospital USP La Colina   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIROCANE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PROPOFOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 79251625155     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318202cd03     Document Type: Article

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