Does pre-emptive analgesia work, and why?

Pain Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-90

  Niv, David ^a,c   Devor, Marshall ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DIAZEPAM; DIFLUNISAL; FLURBIPROFEN; ISOFLURANE; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; OPIATE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; TEMAZEPAM;

ANALGESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0029761463     PISSN: 09681302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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