Does continuous peripheral nerve block provide superior pain control to opioids? A meta-analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 248-257

  Richman, Jeffrey M ^a,e   Liu, Spencer S ^c   Courpas, Genevieve ^a   Wong, Robert ^a   Rowlingson, Andrew J ^a   McGready, John ^b   Cohen, Seth R ^d   Wu, Christopher L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIHYDROCODEINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DROPERIDOL; HYDROCODONE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NICOMORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE; PIRITRAMIDE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; DRUG COST; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 29844450494     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000181289.09675.7D     Document Type: Article

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