Late-onset preemptive analgesia associated with preincisional large- dose alfentanil

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1317-1321

  Griffin, Michael J ^a   Hughes, Dermot ^a   Knaggs, Alison ^a   Donnelly, Maria B ^a,b   Boylan, John F ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Meath Adelaide Natl Children's H ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031424920     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199712000-00025     Document Type: Article

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