The comparative effects of postoperative analgesic therapies on pulmonary outcome: Cumulative meta-analyses of randomized, controlled trials

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 598-612

  Ballantyne, Jane C ^a,b   Carr, Daniel B ^c   DeFerranti, Sarah ^c   Suarez, Thomas ^a   Lau, Joseph ^c   Chalmers, Thomas C ^b   Angelillo, Italo F ^b   Mosteller, Frederick ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ATELECTASIS; HUMANS; LUNG; NARCOTICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031887664     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199803000-00032     Document Type: Article

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