Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block in children: A randomised comparison with wound infiltration

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 409-414

  Sahin, Levent ^a   Sahin, Mehrican ^b   Gul, Rauf ^a   Saricicek, Vahap ^a   Isikay, Nurgul ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREMEDICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84879142478     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32835d2fcb     Document Type: Article

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