Effect of intraoperative high-dose remifentanil on postoperative pain: a prospective, double blind, randomized clinical trial.

Remifentanil, an ultra-short-acting opioid, is widely used for pain control during surgery. However, regular dose (RD) remifentanil exacerbates postoperative pain in a dose-dependent manner. Recent studies suggest that high-dose (HD) remifentanil offers sustained analgesia in experimental studies. W...

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Main Authors: Yan-Ling Zhang, Peng Ou, Xiang-Hang Lu, Yan-Ping Chen, Jun-Mei Xu, Ru-Ping Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3965388?pdf=render