Intrathecal morphine combined with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia is an effective and safe method for immediate postoperative pain control in live liver donors

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-389

  Ko, Justin Sungwook ^a   Choi, Soo Joo ^a   Gwak, Mi Sook ^a   Kim, Gaab Soo ^a   Ahn, Hyun Joo ^a   Kim, Jie Ae ^a   Hahm, Tae Soo ^a   Cho, Hyun Sung ^a   Kim, Kyoung Mi ^a   Joh, Jae Won ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FENTANYL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PETHIDINE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MEPERIDINE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649197352     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21625     Document Type: Article

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