Remifentanil versus fentanyl during cardiac surgery on the incidence of chronic thoracic pain (REFLECT): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  de Hoogd, Sjoerd ^a   Ahlers, Sabine J G M ^a   van Dongen, Eric P A ^a   Tibboel, Dick ^b   Dahan, Albert ^c   Knibbe, Catherijne A J ^a,b,d  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Fentanyl; Postoperative pain; Remifentanil; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC THORACIC PAIN; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STERNOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEST PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMPLOYMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEST PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMPLOYMENT; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIPERIDINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERMOSENSING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84934274380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-466     Document Type: Article

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