"Fentanyl" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A potent narcotic analgesic, abuse of which leads to habituation or addiction. It is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. Fentanyl is also used as an adjunct to general anesthetics, and as an anesthetic for induction and maintenance. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1078)
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D005283
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.621.265
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fentanyl" by people in Profiles.
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Association of preoperative nocturnal hypoxaemia nadir and fentanyl ventilatory sensitivity in children with obstructive sleep apnoea undergoing general anaesthesia: a multicentre clinical cohort study. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Nov; 135(5):1518-1527.
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Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Pain Management: Recommendations. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2023; 27(2):144-153.
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Performance of Two Fentanyl Immunoassays against a Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method. J Anal Toxicol. 2021 Feb 13; 45(2):117-123.
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Development and Clinical Validation of a Sensitive Lateral Flow Assay for Rapid Urine Fentanyl Screening in the Emergency Department. Clin Chem. 2020 02 01; 66(2):324-332.
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The opioid rotation ratio of strong opioids to transdermal fentanyl in cancer patients. Cancer. 2016 Jan 01; 122(1):149-56.
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A retrospective analysis of the effect of intraoperative opioid dose on cancer recurrence after non-small cell lung cancer resection. Cancer Med. 2014 Aug; 3(4):900-8.
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What is your gut feeling about opioid rotation? J Clin Oncol. 2015 Jan 20; 33(3):e11-2.
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Randomized, controlled trial comparing the effects of anesthesia with propofol, isoflurane, desflurane and sevoflurane on pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Braz J Anesthesiol. 2014 May-Jun; 64(3):145-51.
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Effects of prophylactic subcutaneous fentanyl on exercise-induced breakthrough dyspnea in cancer patients: a preliminary double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Feb; 47(2):209-17.
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Intraoperative monitoring of motor evoked potentials in very young children. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Apr; 7(4):331-7.