Opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) and its implications for everyday anaesthetic practice
Autor: | D Heyns |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Zdroj: | Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 13:49-50 |
ISSN: | 2220-1173 2220-1181 |
DOI: | 10.1080/22201173.2007.10872477 |
Popis: | Introduction Opioids are a class of drugs well known to the modern anaesthetist. Etymologically, the world opium originates from the ancient civilisation of Macedonia. Opi means drunken and um is the word for mind. Our modern “opioid” drugs therefore have chemical and effectual similarity to opium. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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