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The effect of drug therapy without volume restoration in experimental traumatic shock. Part II. Pethidine
Annales Chirurgiae Et Gynaecologiae Fenniae
|January 1, 1975
Abstract:
Different opinions seem to exist as to the use of analgesies in the treatment of trauma patients. For this reason we investigated experimentally the effect of pethidine in traumatic shock. Pethidine was administrated to eight of sixteen anaesthetized rabbits with lower limb injuries. The effect of pethidine was unfavourable. This was due to the effect of the drug on circulation and not on respiration.
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