An iontophoretic fentanyl patient-activated analgesic delivery system for postoperative pain: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 188-194

  Viscusi, Eugene R ^a   Reynolds, Lowell ^b   Tait, Stacy ^c   Melson, Timothy ^d   Atkinson, Linda E ^e  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sparks Regional Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d Helen Keller Hospital   (United States)

^e ALZA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE REACTION; ARTICLE; BRADYPNEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACTIVATED TRANSDERMAL SYSTEM; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 29844440841     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000183649.58483.77     Document Type: Article

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