Propofol injection pain: Is it still an issue? The effect of premedication

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 720-724

  Dedic, A ^a   Adam, S ^a   Gommers, D ^a   van Bommel, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pain; Premedication; Propofol

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROPOFOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957932373     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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