An expert opinion on postoperative pain management, with special reference to new developments

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2459-2470

  Dahl, Jørgen B ^a   Mathiesen, Ole ^b   Kehlet, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Capsaicin; Chronic persistent pain; Lidocaine; Postoperative pain; Pregabalin; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; PREGABALIN; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFECT; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TONSILLECTOMY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77957045959     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2010.499124     Document Type: Review

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