Codeine in mothers and children: Where are we now?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 655-660

  Palanisamy, A ^a   Bailey, C R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE;

BIRTH DEFECT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MOTHER; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APNEA; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CODEINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LABOR PAIN; MOTHERS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84902537884     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12716     Document Type: Review

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