Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on acupoints reduces fentanyl requirement for postoperative pain relief after total hip arthroplasty in elderly patients

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 887-895

  Lan, F ^a   Ma, Y H ^a   Xue, J X ^a   Wang, T L ^a   Ma, D Q ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Arthroplasty; Elderly; Hip; Pain; Postoperative; Replacement

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864448616     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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