Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 11 , Pages 918-925 , 2006

Factors Affecting Patient-controlled Analgesia Requirements

  • Kuang-Yi Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Biostatistics Laboratory, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Mei-Yung Tsou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kwok-Hon Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Kwok-Hon Chan, Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Peitou 112, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Chun-Sung Sung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Kuei Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 8 November 2005 ,Revised 30 December 2005 ,Accepted 4 April 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60177-7

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60177-7

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 11 , Pages 918-925 , 2006

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