Nebulized fentanyl for relief of abdominal pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-218

  Bartfield, Joel M ^a   Flint, Robert D ^a   McErlean, Mara ^a   Broderick, John ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Fentanyl; Nebulizers and vaporizers

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE;

EID: 0037336854     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.3.215     Document Type: Article

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