The efficacy and mechanism of peripheral opioids in paediatric inflammatory pain

Background: The management of pain in children is a common but difficult symptom to treat and the use of strong analgesics is often limited, for a variety of reasons, including fear of inducing side effects. Morphine is normally considered to be a centrally acting analgesic but recently, the benefic...

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Main Author: Watterson, G.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631761