Single-injection paravertebral block before general anesthesia enhances analgesia after breast cancer surgery with and without associated lymph node biopsy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1837-1843

  Kairaluoma, Pekka M ^a   Bachmann, Martina S ^a   Korpinen, Aulikki K ^b   Rosenberg, Per H ^a   Pere, Pertti J ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BICAIN; BUPIVACAINE; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; TROPISETRON;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; OXYCODONE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; RECOVERY ROOM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SHOULDER; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 9244260577     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000136775.15566.87     Document Type: Article

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