Dexamethasone added to levobupivacaine in ultrasound-guided tranversus abdominis plain block increased the duration of postoperative analgesia after caesarean section: A randomized, double blind, controlled trial

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 717-722

  Akkaya, A ^a   Yildiz, I ^a   Tekelioglu, U Y ^a   Demirhan, A ^a   Bayir, H ^a   Ozlu, T ^a   Bilgi, M ^a   Kocoglu, H ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Dexamethasone; Levobupivacaine; Transversus abdominis plane block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMET; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL; ULTRAMEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEXAMETHASONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; FEMALE; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896950957     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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