Adding low dose meperidine to spinal lidocaine prolongs postoperative analgesia

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-334

  Murto, Kimmo ^a,b   Lui, Anne C P ^a   Cicutti, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; DIAZEPAM; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 0033039526     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013223     Document Type: Article

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