Postoperative analgesia with continuous epidural sufentanil and bupivacaine: A prospective study in 614 patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 754-759

  Broekema, Alida A ^a   Gielen, Mathieu J M ^b   Hennis, Pim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; SUFENTANIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029987995     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199604000-00014     Document Type: Article

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