Perioperative nimodipine and postopeative analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 504-508

  Casey, Gerri ^a   Nortcliffe, Sally Ann ^a   Sharpe, Paul ^a   Buggy, Donal J ^b,c  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Outcomes Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; EPHEDRINE; MORPHINE; NIMODIPINE; PLACEBO; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NIMODIPINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 31444441284     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000194448.37407.6a     Document Type: Article

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