Post-operative pain and analgesic requirements after paravertebral block for mastectomy: A randomized controlled trial of different concentrations of bupivacaine and fentanyl

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-39

  Bhuvaneswari, V ^a   Wig, Jyotsna ^a   Mathew, Preethy J ^a   Singh, Gurpreet ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Fentanyl; Mastectomy; Paravertebral block; Post op analgesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84863735537     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.93341     Document Type: Article

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