Symptomatic local anaesthetic toxicity and plasma ropivacaine concentrations after transversus abdominis plane block for Caesarean section

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 996-1000

  Griffiths, J D ^a,c   Le, N V ^a   Grant, S ^a   Bjorksten, A ^b   Hebbard, P ^c   Royse, C ^b,c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

anaesthetic techniques, regional; anaesthetics local, ropivacaine; Caesarean section; toxicity, local anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CEFAZOLIN; FENTANYL; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC NEEDLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL PARESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL NEEDLE; TASTE DISORDER; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 84878309822     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet015     Document Type: Article

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