Postoperative analgesia via transversus abdominis plane (TAP) catheter for small weight children-our initial experience

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-284

  Visoiu, Mihaela ^a   Boretsky, Karen R ^a   Goyal, Gagandeep ^a   Cladis, Franklyn P ^a   Cassara, Antonio ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

infant; local anesthetic; pain; regional; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHILD; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE CATHETER;

ABDOMINAL WALL; AMIDES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856255605     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03783.x     Document Type: Article

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