Tramadol infusion for postthoracotomy pain relief: A placebo-controlled comparison with epidural morphine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 523-528

  Bloch, Mark B ^a   Dyer, Robert A ^a   Heijke, Sylvia A ^a   James, Michael F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; THORACOTOMY; VERTIGO; VITAL CAPACITY; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0036181104     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200203000-00009     Document Type: Article

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