Epidural Analgesia at End of Life: Facing Empirical Contraindications

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1740-1742

  Exner, Hans Juha ^a   Peters, Jürgen ^b   Eikermann, Matthias ^b  

^a K Suomen Saivaanhoitopiiri Anest   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 0344851900     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000086725.01761.8B     Document Type: Article

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