Morphine patient-controlled analgesia is superior to meperidine patient- controlled analgesia for postoperative pain

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 794-799

  Plummer, John L ^a   Owen, Harry ^a   Ilsley, Anthony H ^a   Inglis, Stuart ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SITTING; XEROSTOMIA;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPERIDINE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0030990270     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199704000-00018     Document Type: Article

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