Efficacy and complications of morphine infusions in postoperative paediatric patients

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-327

  Esmail, Zahra ^a   Montgomery, Carolyne ^a   Court, Colleen ^a   Hamilton, Don ^a   Kestle, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Analgesia; Analgesia efficacy; Continuous infusion; Morphine; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANOXEMIA; AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0033053752     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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