Treatment of intrathecal morphine-induced pruritus following Caesarean section

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1060-1070

  Alhashemi, Jamal A ^a   Crosby, Edward T ^a   Grodecki, Wlodzimierz ^a   Duffy, Peter J ^a   Hull, Kathryn A ^a   Gallant, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; EPHEDRINE; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030657528     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03019227     Document Type: Article

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