Postcesarean analgesia: Effective strategies and association with chronic pain

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-248

  Lavand'homme, Patricia ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Balanced analgesia; Cesarean section; Multimodal analgesia; Postoperative pain; Postsurgical chronic pain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLONIDINE; DIAMORPHINE; DICLOFENAC; DRUG METABOLITE; KETAMINE; KETOROLAC; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORPETHIDINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PROPACETAMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ROPIVACAINE; THIOPENTAL; TRAMADOL;

ANALGESIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745004366     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000192815.22989.61     Document Type: Review

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