Protracted pain following partial splenic embolization in an adolescent female with hypersplenism

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1013-1015

  Ganesh, Arjunan ^a   Rose, John B ^a   Maxwell, Lynne G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypersplenism; Pain; Partial splenic embolization

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENOMEGALY; BALLOON OCCLUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BALLOON OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; HYPERSPLENISM; PAIN; SPLENOMEGALY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644829213     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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