Opioid requirements and responses in Asians

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 665-670

  Lee, Anna ^a,b   Gin, T ^a   Oh, T E ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia: postoperative, opioid, ethnicity, Asians, review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ANALGESIA; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; DRUG METABOLISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; REVIEW;

EID: 0031436088     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9702500613     Document Type: Review

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