title: Preemptive analgesia at the crossroad.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kissin
mesh_terms: D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
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