Efficacy of tramadol versus meperidine for pain relief and safe recovery after adenotonsillectomy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 920-924

  Özer, Zeliha ^a,b   Gorur K ^a   Altunkan, A A ^a   Bilgin, E ^a   Camdeviren H ^a   Oral, U ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyclohexanols, tramadol; Isonipecotic acids, meperidine; Otorhinolaryngological surgical procedures, tonsillectomy; Paediatrics; Pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; TRAMADOL;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPERIDINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242642253     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503001480     Document Type: Article

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