Opioids added to local anesthetics for single-shot intrathecal anesthesia in patients undergoing minor surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 784-793

  Pöpping, Daniel M ^a   Elia, Nadia ^b,c   Marret, Emmanuel ^d   Wenk, Manuel ^a   Tramr, Martin R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Intrathecal; Local anesthetic; Opioid; Postoperative analgesia; Single shot spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; PENTAZOCINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; TETRACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIOSIS; CINAHL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBASE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MINOR SURGERY; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 84858708547     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.11.028     Document Type: Article

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