The prolonged postoperative analgesic effect when dexamethasone is added to a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (rofecoxib) before breast surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Kjetil, Hval ^a   Sem, Thagaard K ^a   Ellen, Schlichting ^b   Johan, Raeder ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROFECOXIB;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547578286     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000267261.61444.69     Document Type: Article

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