Effects of prophylactic nalmefene on the incidence of morphine-related side effects in patients receiving intravenous patient-controlled analgesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1007-1011

  Joshi, Girish P ^a   Duffy, Larry ^b   Chehade, Jamal ^b   Wesevich, Jay ^b   Gajraj, Noor ^b   Johnson, Edward R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analgesics; Antagonists; Nausea; Opioids; Postoperative complications; Pruritus; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; MORPHINE; NALMEFENE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ROCURONIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRURITUS; VOMITING;

EID: 0032925452     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199904000-00013     Document Type: Article

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