Acetaminophen as an adjunct to morphine by patient-controlled analgesia in the management of acute postoperative pain

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 368-372

  Schug, Stephan A ^a,b   Sidebotham, David A ^a   McGuinnety, Michael ^a   Thomas, Jane ^a   Fox, Lorna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; TENOXICAM;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NAUSEA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031875656     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199808000-00024     Document Type: Article

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