Postoperative patient-controlled analgesia: Meta-analyses of initial randomized control trials

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 182-193

  Ballantyne, Jane C ^a   Carr, Daniel B ^a   Chalmers, Thomas C ^a   Dear, Keith B G ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a   Mosteller, Frederick ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; meta analysis; opioid; pain, patient controlled analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LENGTH OF STAY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027247398     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(93)90013-5     Document Type: Article

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