Postoperative pain control following remifentanil-based anaesthesia for major abdominal surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-322

  Albrecht, S ^a   Fechner, J ^a   Geisslinger, G ^b   Maass, A B ^d   Upadhyaya, B ^d   Moecke, H P ^c   Haigh, C ^d   Schuttler J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Analgesics; Buprenorphine; Fentanyl; Intra operative; Morphine; P iritramide; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PIRITRAMIDE; REMIFENTANIL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHIVERING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; BUPRENORPHINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; PIPERIDINES; PIRINITRAMIDE;

EID: 0034090474     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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