Extrapyramidal side-effects from droperidol mixed with morphine for patient-controlled analgesia in two children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-364

  Habre, W ^a,b   Wilson, D ^a   Johnson, C M ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b Geneva Children's University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dystonic reactions; Patient controlled analgesia: droperidol

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; MORPHINE;

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URETER SURGERY;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APPENDECTOMY; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BENZTROPINE; CHILD; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DROPERIDOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; URETER;

EID: 0033060214     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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