Epidural morphine delays gastric emptying and small intestinal transit in volunteers

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 174-180

  THOREN T ^a,b   TANGHOJ H ^a,b   WATTWIL, M ^a,b   JARNEROT G ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Eskilstuna Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anesthesia: epidural; gastrointestinal motility: gastric emptying; intestinal transit; morphine; pain: cold pressor test; raffinose

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; STOMACH EMPTYING; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MORPHINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024599936     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1989.tb02885.x     Document Type: Article

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