Editorial: Epidural hydromorphone: A step closer to the view from the top

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-334

  Mulroy, Michael F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; SUFENTANIL; MELOXICAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC DYSMOTILITY; HEART STRESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEDATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THORACOTOMY; DRUG COMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954414893     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181e8d5ee     Document Type: Editorial

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