Comparison of the analgesic efficacy and respiratory effects of morphine, tramadol and codeine after craniotomy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 555-560

  Sudheer, P S ^a   Logan, S W ^b   Terblanche, C ^a   Ateleanu, B ^a   Hall, J E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CODEINE; CYCLIZINE; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; THIOPENTAL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETCHING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CODEINE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RESPIRATION; TRAMADOL;

EID: 34249059556     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05038.x     Document Type: Article

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