The effects of adding sufentanil to bupivacaine for postoperative patient-controlled epidural analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 124-129

  Wiebalck, Albrecht ^a   Brodner, Gerhard ^b   Van Aken, Hugo ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MIXTURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0030839992     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199707000-00022     Document Type: Article

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