Effect of post-operative analgesia on patient morbidity

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 549-563

  Wu, Christopher L ^a   Caldwell, Matthew D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Post operative pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; STRESS; SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STRESS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0036979984     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bean.2002.0249     Document Type: Article

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