Pain management after craniotomy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-573

  Nemergut, Edward C ^a   Durieux, Marcel E ^a   Missaghi, Nizam B ^a   Himmelseher, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

craniotomy; neurosurgery; pain; pain, postoperative; postoperative complications; postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; KETOPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PIRITRAMIDE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROFECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; BOLUS INJECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 36549002153     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.06.005     Document Type: Review

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