Preoperative sedation and postoperative pain: An unresolved puzzle

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 73, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 385-386

  Torri, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PLACEBO; STRESS HORMONE;

AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEDATION; SURGICAL STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HORMONES; HUMANS; MIDAZOLAM; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547893412     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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