Comparison of different concentrations of levobupivacaine for post-operative epidural analgesia
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Thoracic epidural analgesia in post-thoracotomy patients: comparison of three different concentrations of levobupivacaine and sufentanil.
BACKGROUND Relative effects of dosage, volume and concentration of local anaesthetics used for postoperative thoracic epidural analgesia are still under debate. In this randomized, prospective, double-blinded study, we evaluated the incidence of side-effects such as changes in arterial pressure, postoperative nausea, vomiting, and pruritus in patients admitted for thoracic surgery during contin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0001-5172
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00182.x