Efficacy of Postoperative Epidural Analgesia: A Meta-analysis

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2455-2463

  Block, Brian M ^a   Liu, Spencer S ^b   Rowlingson, Andrew J ^a   Cowan, Anne R ^c   Cowan, John A ^c   Wu, Christopher L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; DIHYDROMORPHINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PETHIDINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; OPIOID INDUCED EMESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 0242662131     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.18.2455     Document Type: Review

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