Patient-controlled analgesia with sufentanil: A comparison of two different methods of administration

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-129

  Sinatra, Raymond S ^a   Sevarino, Ferne B ^a   Paige, Darcy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia, postoperative; Anesthesia, epidural; methods, epidural PCA, intravenous PCA; opioids, sufentanil, morphine

Indexed keywords

SUFENTANIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029920927     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(95)00196-4     Document Type: Article

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