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Efficacy of Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate for Premedication in Patients for Surgery under General Anesthesia

BACKGROUND: Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate (OTFC), a water soluble salt when mixed in saliva is 80% nonionized; making it the only opioid suitable for transmucosal absorption. OTFC has rapid onset of action (3–5 min) with peak effect at 20–40 min and total duration of activity is 2–3 h. AIMS: Th...

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Autores principales: Singh, Raj Bahadur, Choubey, Sanjay, Mehra, Ria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284838
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aer.AER_106_17