The minimum effective anesthetic volume of 0.75% ropivacaine in ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 951-955

  Gautier, Philippe ^a   Vandepitte, Catherine ^a   Ramquet, Caroline ^a   Decoopman, Mieke ^a   Xu, Daquan ^b   Hadzic, Admir ^b  

^a Remi ^*  (Belgium)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY;

EID: 80053303362     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31822b876f     Document Type: Article

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