Comparison of the efficacy of adding clonidine, chlorpromazine, promethazine, and midazolam to morphine pumps in postoperative pain control of addicted patients

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-14

  Imani, Farnad ^a   Rahimzadeh, Poupak ^a   Faiz, Seyyed Hamid Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Addictive Behavior; Chlorpromazine; Clonidine; Morphine; Patient controlled Analgesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899443319     PISSN: 22287523     EISSN: 22287531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.22287523.1336     Document Type: Article

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