"Fentanyl" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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)
| Descriptor ID |
D005283
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.621.265
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fentanyl".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Fentanyl".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fentanyl" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fentanyl" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Fentanyl" by people in Profiles.
-
Association between breakthrough labor pain, patient-controlled epidural analgesia use, and numeracy: A pilot observational study. Midwifery. 2023 Sep; 124:103730.
-
Effect of Epidural Infusion Bolus Delivery Rate on the Duration of Labor Analgesia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Anesthesiology. 2018 04; 128(4):745-753.
-
Epidural Labor Analgesia-Fentanyl Dose and Breastfeeding Success: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Anesthesiology. 2017 10; 127(4):614-624.
-
Desflurane/fentanyl compared with sevoflurane/fentanyl on awakening and quality of recovery in outpatient surgery using a laryngeal mask airway: a randomized, double-blinded controlled trial. J Clin Anesth. 2013 Dec; 25(8):651-8.
-
The effect of intravenous magnesium therapy on the duration of intrathecal fentanyl labor analgesia. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2012 Jul; 21(3):212-6.
-
Observational study of the effect of mu-opioid receptor genetic polymorphism on intrathecal opioid labor analgesia and post-cesarean delivery analgesia. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2010 Jul; 19(3):246-53.
-
The risk of cesarean delivery with neuraxial analgesia given early versus late in labor. N Engl J Med. 2005 Feb 17; 352(7):655-65.
-
Efficacy and side effect profile of varying doses of intrathecal fentanyl added to bupivacaine for labor analgesia. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2004 Jan; 13(1):19-24.
-
Body habitus does not influence spread of sensory blockade after the intrathecal injection of a hypobaric solution in term parturients. Can J Anaesth. 2003 Aug-Sep; 50(7):689-93.
-
Intrathecal magnesium prolongs fentanyl analgesia. Anesth Analg. 2003 May; 96(5):1533.