A comparison of epidural ropivacaine infusion alone and in combination with 1, 2, and 4 μg/ml fentanyl for seventy-two hours of postoperative analgesia after major abdominal surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 857-864

  Scott, David A ^c   Blake, Duncan ^d   Buckland, Mark ^d   Etches, Richard ^d   Halliwell, Richard ^d   Marsland, Colin ^d   Merridew, George ^d   Murphy, Dermot ^d   Paech, Michael ^d   Schug, Stephan A ^a   Turner, Grant ^d   Walker, Stuart ^b   Huizar, Karin ^d   Gustafsson, Urban ^d  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG POTENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032923548     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199904000-00033     Document Type: Article

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