Postcaesarean section analgesia: Are opioids still required?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 267-274

  Schyns Van Den Berg, Alexandra M J V ^a   Huisjes, Anjoke ^b   Stolker, Robert Jan ^c  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

caesarean section; opioid free analgesia; opioids; postcaesarean analgesia; postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ILIOINGUINAL ILIOHYPOGASTRIC BLOCK; LACTATION; LOCAL WOUND INFILTRATION; NOCICEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; ADULT; ANALGESIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84930007801     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000195     Document Type: Review

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