Efficacy and safety of single and repeated administration of 1 gram intravenous acetaminophen injection (paracetamol) for pain management after major orthopedic surgery

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 822-831

  Sinatra, Raymond S ^a   Jahr, Jonathan S ^b,c   Reynolds, Lowell W ^d   Viscusi, Eugene R ^e   Groudine, Scott B ^f   Payen Champenois, Catherine ^g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRODRUGS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 16244388240     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200504000-00019     Document Type: Article

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