Intravenous acetaminophen (paracetamol): Comparable analgesic efficacy, but better local safety than its prodrug, propacetamol, for postoperative pain after third molar surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-96

  Moller, Philip Lange ^a   Juhl, Gitte Irene ^b   Payen Champenois, Catherine ^b   Skoglund, Lasse Ansgar ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION PAIN; INJECTION SITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MOLAR, THIRD; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRODRUGS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 17744371662     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000155297.47955.D6     Document Type: Article

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