Hypoxaemia after lower abdominal surgery: Comparison of tramadol and morphine

Acute Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Langford, Richard M ^a   Bakhshi, Krishna N ^a   Moylan, Sarah ^a   Foster, James MG ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute pain; morphine; respiratory depression; tramadol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008525282     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-0071(98)80002-8     Document Type: Article

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