Antipyretic effectiveness of intravenous ketorolac tromethamine

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Baevsky, Robert H ^a,b   Nyquist, Sara N ^a   Roy, Marc N ^a   Smithline, Howard A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Fever; Ketorolac tromethamine; Parenteral infusions

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL;

ADULT; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETOROLAC TROMETHAMINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1942484787     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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