Postoperative analgesic effects of three demand-dose sizes of fentanyl administered by patient-controlled analgesia.

Many studies have demonstrated the postoperative analgesic efficacy of fentanyl delivered IV by patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) devices at demand doses ranging from 10 to 50 [micro sign]g, but none has sought to define the optimal fentanyl PCA dose. In this randomized, double-blind, multicenter s

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