Postcraniotomy pain remains a real headache!

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 325-327

  Talke, Pekka O ^a,b   Gelb, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; KETOPROFEN; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION PAIN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIOSIS; NAUSEA; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744386661     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505000542     Document Type: Editorial

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