Epidural anesthesia and gastrointestinal motility

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 837-844

  Steinbrook, Richard A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031979221     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199804000-00029     Document Type: Review

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