Pain control: Opioid dosing, population kinetics and side-effects

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-267

  Simons, Sinno H P ^a,b   Anand, K J S ^c,d  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fentanyl; Infant newborn; Morphine; Pain; Stress; Surgery

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PAIN; PHARMACOGENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MORPHINE; NEONATOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646910471     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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