Doing without codeine: Why and what are the alternatives?

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Benini, Franca ^a   Barbi, Egidio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Codeine; Pain; Side effect

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; MORPHINE; PRODRUG; TRAMADOL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BREATHING RATE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHARMACOGENETICS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CODEINE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84899127391     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-40-16     Document Type: Review

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