Moderate-to-severe pain after knee arthroscopy is relieved by intraarticular saline: A randomized controlled trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1546-1551

  Rosseland, Leiv A ^a   Helgesen, Knut G ^b   Breivik, Harald ^a   Stubhaug, Audun ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; IBUX; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACET; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 2442646703     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000112433.71197.FA     Document Type: Article

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