Tramadol for pain relief in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy: A comparison with dextromethorphan

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1547-1549

  Ali, Sahmeddini Mohammad ^a   Shahrbano, Shahbazy ^a   Ulhaq, Taregh Shuja ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adentonsillectomy; Dextromethorphan; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOPENTAL; TRAMADOL; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECOVERY ROOM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYRUP; ADENOIDECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649093588     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318178272e     Document Type: Article

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