Addition of intrathecal Dexamethasone to Bupivacaine for spinal anesthesia in orthopedic surgery

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 382-386

  Bani Hashem, Nadia ^a   Hassan Nasab, Bahman ^a   Pour, Ebrahim Alijan ^a   Maleh, Parviz Amri ^a   Nabavi, Aliakbar ^b   Jabbari, Ali ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; dexamethasone; intrathecal; sensory block; spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; EPHEDRINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 81755161311     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.87267     Document Type: Article

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