Effects of electroacupuncture on intraoperative and postoperative analgesic requirement

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 56-65

  Sim, Chin Keng ^a   Xu, Pei Chang ^a   Pua, Hwee Leng ^a   Zhang, Guojing ^a   Lee, Tat Leang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Bispectral Index Monitor; Electroacupuncture; Opioid usage; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRURITUS; PULSE RATE; ABDOMEN; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ALFENTANIL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036668774     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.20.2-3.56     Document Type: Article

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