Paediatric postoperative analgesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-312

  Morton, Neil S ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

CHILD; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029809834     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199608000-00008     Document Type: Short Survey

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