Is pulmonary function affected by bilateral dual transversus abdominis plane block? a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover pilot study in healthy male volunteers

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 568-571

  Petersen, Maria ^a   Elers, Jimmi ^a   Børglum, Jens ^a   Belhage, Bo ^a   Mortensen, Jann ^b   Maschmann, Christian ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MAXIMUM EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055069064     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182330b95     Document Type: Article

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