Magnesium moderately decreases remifentanil dosage required for pain management after cardiac surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 444-449

  Steinlechner, Barbara ^a   Dworschak, M ^a   Birkenberg, B ^a   Grubhofer, G ^a   Weigl, M ^a   Schiferer, A ^a   Lang, T ^a   Rajek, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analgesia, postoperative; Analgesic techniques; Analgesics opioid, Remifentanil; Ions, magnesium; Surgery, cardiac

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; ETOMIDATE; GLUCONATE MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM GLUCONICUM; MAGNESIUM ION; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PERFALGAN; PIRITRAMIDE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33645291211     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael037     Document Type: Article

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