Comparison of peritonsillar levobupivacaine and bupivacaine infiltration for post-tonsillectomy pain relief in children: Placebo-controlled clinical study

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-326

  Kasapoglu, Fikret ^a   Kaya, Fatma Nur ^a   Tuzemen, Gokhan ^a   Ozmen, Omer Afsin ^a   Kaya, Atila ^a   Onart, Selcuk ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Children; Infiltration anesthesia; Levobupivacaine; Postoperative pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CEFPROZIL; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERITONSILLAR ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY; TRUNK; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 79951512804     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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