A comparison of the analgesic efficacy of 0.25% levobupivacaine combined with 0.005% morphine, 0.25% levobupivacaine alone, or 0.005% morphine alone for the management of postoperative pain in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1504-1509

  Crews, James C ^a   Hord, Allen H ^b   Denson, Donald D ^b   Schatzman, Carmen ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032722004     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199912000-00035     Document Type: Article

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