Rectal indomethacin reduces postoperative pain and morphine use after cardiac surgery

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 725-730

  Rapanos, Theodore ^b   Murphy, Patricia ^b   Szalai, John Paul ^b   Burlacoff, Lisa ^b   Lam McCulloch, Jenny ^b   Kay, Joseph ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; INDOMETACIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032837701     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013906     Document Type: Article

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