Efficacy of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block for post-cesarean section delivery analgesia: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 821-826

  Baaj, Jumana M ^a   Alsatli, Raed A ^b   Majaj, Hayan A ^c   Babay, Zainab A ^d   Thallaj, Ahmed K ^e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Cardiac Anaesthesia   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SAU   (France)

^d Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Saudi Arabia)

^e NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

(US)Ultrasound; Cesarean section C S; External oblique muscle (EOM); Internal oblique muscle (IOM); Transversus abdominis muscle (TAM); Transversus abdominis plane (TAP); Ultrasound guided (USG); Visual analogue scale (VAS)

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79955685697     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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