Ultra low-dose naloxone and tramadol/acetaminophen in elderly patients undergoing joint replacement surgery: A pilot study

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Imasogie, Ngozi N ^a   Singh, Sudha ^a   Watson, James T ^a   Hurley, Debbie ^a   Morley Forster, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Elderly; Naloxone; Opioid sparing; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty; Tramacet; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CELECOXIB; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMACET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHROPLASTY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRAMADOL;

EID: 67651207750     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/497217     Document Type: Article

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