Responders and non-responders to post-operative pain treatment: The loading dose predicts analgesic needs

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-110

  Stamer, U M ^a,c   Grond, S ^b   Maier, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drugs, morphine, tramadol, placebo; Pain, post operative, patient controlled analgesia

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0032973898     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1999.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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