Retrospective analysis of high-dose intrathecal morphine for analgesia after pelvic surgery

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Rebel, Annette ^a,b   Sloan, Paul ^a   Andrykowski, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pikeville Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrathecal opioids; Morphine; Naloxone; Spinal analgesia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOBILIZATION; MONOTHERAPY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBURETHRAL SLING; TIME; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052623385     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/691712     Document Type: Article

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