Oral clonidine reduces postoperative PCA morphine requirements

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 900-906

  Park, Joseph ^a,b   Forrest, Jay ^a   Kolesar, Rick ^a   Bhola, Dolly ^a   Beattie, Scott ^a   Chu, Chris ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesics: morphine; Pain: postoperative; Sympathetic nervous system: Pharmacology, clonidine

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0029786862     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03011802     Document Type: Article

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