The effect of intravenous tenoxicam on pruritus in patients receiving epidural fentanyl

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-80

  Colbert, S ^a   O'Hanlon, D M ^a   Chambers, F ^a   Moriarty, D C ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; epidural; Analgesics; fentanyl, tenoxicam

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PETHIDINE; TENOXICAM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIROXICAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS;

EID: 0032926526     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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