Comparison of methadone and fentanyl in continuous epidural perfusion for postoperative analgesia;Estudio comparativo de la analgesia postoperatoria con metadona y fentanilo en perfusion peridural continua

Revista Espanola de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 305-309

  Prieto Alvarez M P ^a,b   Gil Fuentes Bellido, J ^a   Lopez Cebollada J ^a   Lorenzo Foz, J P ^a  

^a Pius Hospital de Valls   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuous epidural perfusion: methadone, fentanyl; Postoperative pain, treatment

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; METHADONE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 9844262271     PISSN: 00349356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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