Naloxone-precipitated acute opioid withdrawal syndrome after epidural morphine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 544-545

  Sun, Hsiao Lun ^a  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PREGNANCY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0345337274     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199803000-00019     Document Type: Article

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