Intraabdominal local anaesthetics for postoperative pain relief following abdominal hysterectomy: A randomized, double-blind, dose-finding study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 421-429

  Perniola, Andrea ^a   Gupta, Anil ^a,c   Crafoord, Kristina ^a   Darvish, Bijan ^a   Magnuson, Anders ^b   Axelsson, Kjell ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care ^*  (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal hysterectomy; Local anaesthetics; Opiates; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; KETOBEMIDONE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYSTERECTOMY; INFUSION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MEPERIDINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70149107139     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283261b53     Document Type: Article

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