Effect of varying intravenous patient-controlled analgesia dose and lockout interval while maintaining a constant hourly maximum dose

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 382-385

  Badner, Neal H ^a   Doyle, Jacqueline A ^a   Smith, M Heather ^a   Herrick, Ian A ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; demand; equipment; patient controlled analgesia; postoperative

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION;

EID: 0030222261     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(96)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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