A comparison of three techniques for acute postoperative pain control following major abdominal surgery

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 345-350

  Shapiro, Arie ^a,b   Zohar, Edna ^a,b   Hoppenstein, David ^a,b   Ifrach, Nisim ^a,b   Jedeikin, Robert ^a,b   Fredman, Brian ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute Pain Service; Analgesia; Anesthesia; Health care economics; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SPLENECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 0141737634     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(03)00067-9     Document Type: Article

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