Comparative spinal distribution and clearance kinetics of intrathecally administered morphine, fentanyl, alfentanil, and sufentanil

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 739-753

  Ummenhofer, Wolfgang C ^a   Arends, Rosalin H ^b,c   Shen, Danny D ^b,d   Bernards, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural space; Pharmacokinetics; Pig; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; SUFENTANIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034050331     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200003000-00018     Document Type: Article

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