Multimodal analgesia versus traditional opiate based analgesia after cardiac surgery, a randomized controlled trial
Conclusions:
In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, a multimodal regimen offered significantly better analgesia than a traditional opiate regimen. Nausea and vomiting complaints were significantly reduced. No safety issues were observed with the multimodal regimen.Trial registration: Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT01966172
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sulman RafiqDaniel SteinbrüchelMichael WanscherLars AndersenAlbert NavneNikolaj LilleoerPeter Olsen Source Type: research
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