The incidence of postoperative respiratory depression in patients undergoing intravenous or epidural analgesia with opioids;Incidência de depressão respiratória no pós-operatório em pacientes submetidos à analgesia venosa ou peridural com opioides

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-420

  Duarte, Leonardo Teixeira Domingues ^a   Fernandes, Maria Do Carmo Barretto De Carvalho ^a   Da Costa, Verônica Vieira ^a   Saraiva, Renato Ângelo ^b  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

^b Rede SARAH de Hospitais de Reabilitação   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analgesia: epidural, postoperative patient controlled; Analgesics, opioids; Complications: respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 70349250106     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: 1806907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-70942009000400003     Document Type: Article

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