Efficacy of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane blocks for post-cesarean delivery analgesia: A double-blind, dose-comparison, placebo-controlled randomized trial

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-193

  Singh, S ^a   Dhir, S ^a   Marmai, K ^a   Rehou, S ^a   Silva, M ^a   Bradbury, C ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Postoperative analgesia; Transversus abdominis plane block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; ONDANSETRON; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84887816643     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: 15323374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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