Epidural oxycodone or morphine following gynaecological surgery †
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Epidural oxycodone or morphine following gynaecological surgery.
BACKGROUND The analgesic action of oxycodone is of rapid onset, in contrast to morphine, and is mediated by kappa-opioid receptors of the spinal cord. We compared analgesia and side-effects of epidural oxycodone with those of morphine after gynaecological surgery. METHODS We studied prospectively in 75 women in a double-blind, randomized manner: epidural morphine 6 mg day(-1) (n=25), epidural...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh218