The influence of age upon opioid analgesic use in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) environment

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 949-955

  Woodhouse, A ^a,b   Mather, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ALZA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Analgesics, fentanyl, morphine, pethidine

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030669148     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.216-az0350.x     Document Type: Article

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