Oral tramadol for the treatment of pain of 7-30 days' duration in children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-81

  Rose, John B ^a   Finkel, Julia C ^c   Arquedas Mohs, Adriano ^e   Himelstein, Bruce P ^a   Schreiner, Mark ^a,b   Medve, Robert A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Children's Clinical Research Institute   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0037221611     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200301000-00016     Document Type: Article

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