Comparison of lumbar epidural tramadol and lumbar epidural morphine for pain relief after thoracotomy: A repeated-dose study

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 468-474

  Turker, Gurkan ^a   Goren, Suna ^a   Bayram, Sami ^a   Sahin, Sukran ^a   Korfali, Gulsen ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidural; Morphine; Postoperative analgesia; Thoracotomy; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; AROUSAL; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DILUTION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SWEATING; THORACOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23444444182     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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