Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 125-129 , December 2011

Equal volumes of undiluted nalbuphine and lidocaine and normal diluted saline prevents nalbuphine-induced injection pain

  • Fu-Yuan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Ya-Chun Shen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Mao-Kai Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Siu-Wah Chau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Chia-Ling Ku

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Yu-Tung Feng

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Healthcare Administration, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Kuang-I. Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road, San-Min District 80708, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan, ROC.

Received 18 July 2011 ,Revised 30 August 2011 ,Accepted 2 September 2011.

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PII: S1875-4597(11)00097-X

doi: 10.1016/j.aat.2011.11.009

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 125-129 , December 2011

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