Loss of gag reflex and swallowing ability after administration of intrathecal fentanyl [15]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1253-

  Smiley, Richard M ^a   Moore, Robert P ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SUFENTANIL;

BRADYCARDIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; GAGGING; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34249654108     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000265423.95135.78     Document Type: Letter

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