The Effects of Patient-controlled Epidural Analgesia with Background Infusion after Abdominal Surgery

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-33

  Yamauchi, Masanori ^a   Asano, Makoto ^a   Watanabe, Masanori ^a   Iwasaki, Soushi ^a   Furuse, Shingo ^a   Namiki, Akiyoshi ^b  

^a Oji General Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Fentanyl; Patient controlled epidural analgesia; Postoperative analgesia; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 1042279621     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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