More epidural than intravenous sufentanil is required to provide comparable postoperative pain relief

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 472-476

  Menigaux, Christophe ^a   Guignard, Bruno ^a   Fletcher, Dominique ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^b,c   Levron, Jean Claude ^d   Chauvin, Marcel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Janssen Research Foundation   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0034928020     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200108000-00046     Document Type: Article

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