Postoperative pain management with intravenous patient-controlled morphine: Comparison of the effect of adding magnesium or ketamine

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 416-421

  Ünlügenç, Hakki ^a   Ozalevli M ^a   Guler T ^a   Isik G ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analgesia, patient controlled; Analgesics, ketamine; Analgesics, opioid, morphine; Excitatory amino acid antagonists; Metals, light, magnesium; Pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038240780     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503000644     Document Type: Article

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