The effect of auricular acupuncture on fentanyl requirement during hip arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-267

  Wetzel, Bert ^a   Pavlovic, Dragan ^a   Kuse, Renate ^a   Gibb, Andreas ^a   Merk, Harry ^a   Lehmann, Christian ^a   Wendt, Michael ^a   Usichenko, Taras I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

auricular acupuncture; fentanyl requirement; general anesthesia

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; FENTANYL;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SHAM PROCEDURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 79951674152     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181fd516c     Document Type: Article

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