A randomised trial of oral versus intravenous opioids for treatment of pain after cardiac surgery

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 580-586

  Ruetzler, Kurt ^a,b   Blome, Constance J ^a   Nabecker, Sabine ^a   Makarova, Natalya ^c   Fischer, Henrik ^a   Rinoesl, Harald ^a   Goliasch, Georg ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^c   Koinig, Herbert ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Krems Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Opioid; Pain; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DRUG COMBINATION; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; OXYCODONE; OXYCODONE NALOXONE COMBINATION;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OXYCODONE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84905898858     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-013-1770-x     Document Type: Article

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