The effect of duration of dose delivery with patient-controlled analgesia on the incidence of nausea and vomiting after hysterectomy

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-62

  Woodhouse, Annie ^a,b   Mather, Laurence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ALZA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage regimens; Patient controlled analgesia; Pharmacokinetics; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NAUSEA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; VOMITING;

EID: 0031950718     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1998.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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