Neuraxial analgesia in neonates and infants: A review of clinical and preclinical strategies for the development of safety and efficacy data

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 638-662

  Walker, Suellen M ^a   Yaksh, Tony L ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; KETAMINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ANALGESIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN INJURY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEURAXIAL ANALGESIA; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL TOXICITY; TOXICITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; APNEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84865680286     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31826253f2     Document Type: Article

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