Multimodal analgesia versus traditional opiate based analgesia after cardiac surgery, a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rafiq, Sulman ^a   Steinbrüchel, Daniel A ^a   Wanscher, Michael J ^a   Andersen, Lars W ^a   Navne, Albert ^a   Lilleoer, Nikolaj B ^a   Olsen, Peter S ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cardiac surgery; Dexamethasone; Gabapentin; Morphine; Multimodal; NSAID; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGED; AMINES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897476301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-9-52     Document Type: Article

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