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Patient-controlled analgesia. Does a concurrent opioid infusion improve pain management after surgery?

Robert K. Parker

JAMA · 1991 · 194 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

--The routine use of a continuous opioid infusion in combination with a standard PCA regimen does not improve pain management compared with PCA alone after abdominal hysterectomy.

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The use of analogue scales in rating subjective feelings

Alyson J. Bond, Malcolm Lader · British Journal of Medical Psychology · 1974 · 2K citations

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Undertreatment of Medical Inpatients with Narcotic Analgesics

Richard M. Marks · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1973 · 1.1K citations

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Pronounced, Episodic Oxygen Desaturation in the Postoperative Period

D. M. Catley, Claire Thornton, Christopher Jordan et al. · Anesthesiology · 1985 · 439 citations · Full text

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Incidence and characteristics of pain in a sample of medical-surgical inpatients

Marilee I. Donovan, Paula Dillon, L. W. McGuire · Pain · 1987 · 424 citations

Fentanyl blood concentration-analgesic response relationship in the treatment of postoperative pain.

G. K. Gourlay, S R Kowalski, J L Plummer et al. · PubMed · 1988 · 266 citations

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