Preoperative Rofecoxib Oral Suspension as an Analgesic Adjunct after Lower Abdominal Surgery: The Effects on Effort-Dependent Pain and Pulmonary Function

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-140

  Sinatra, Raymond S ^a   Shen, Qiheng J ^a   Halaszynski, Thomas ^a   Luther, Martha A ^a   Shaheen, Yasser ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROFECOXIB;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETER; SURGICAL PATIENT; SUSPENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0346594342     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000085637.00864.D7     Document Type: Article

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