The addition of tramadol to morphine via patient-controlled analgesia does not lead to better post-operative pain relief after total knee arthroplasty

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-330

  Stiller, C O ^a   Lundblad, H ^a   Weidenhielm, L ^a   Tullberg, T ^a   Grantinger, B ^a   Lafolie, P ^a   Jansson, Karl Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Morphine; Orthopaedic surgery; Post operative pain; Randomized controlled trial; Total knee arthroplasty; Total knee replacement; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847041478     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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