Postoperative pain after abdominal hysterectomy: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial comparing continuous infusion vs patient-controlled intraperitoneal injection of local anaesthetic

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 328-336

  Perniola, A ^a   Fant, F ^a   Magnuson, A ^a   Axelsson, K ^a   Gupta, A ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

abdominal hysterectomy; local anaesthetics; postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; KETOBEMIDONE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAXIMUM EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; LOCAL ANAESTHETICS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MEPERIDINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892760154     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet345     Document Type: Article

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