Intravenous morphine in postoperative infants: Intermittent bolus dosing versus targeted continuous infusion

Pain

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-95

  Lynn, Anne M ^a,b   Nespeca, Mary Kay ^a,b   Bratton, Susan L ^a,b   Shen, Danny D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Morphine; Morphine pharmacokinetics; Morphine ventilatory effects; Morphine 6 glucuronide; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSION PUMPS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RESPIRATION; VEINS;

EID: 0034307149     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00313-4     Document Type: Article

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